‘Not your typical lawyer’; fierce adversary with a rapid wit chosen for French-language TV court show. She’s a family-law lawyer whose high-profile cases are changing the nature of common-law unions in Quebec and helped legalize same-sex marriages in Canada.
Anne-France Goldwater popped into the CTV Montreal studios to chat with Tarah Schwartz about her upcoming TV program, L’Arbitre.
One of Quebec’s most colourful legal figures will be starring in her own television show this coming fall, L’Arbitre. Family lawyer Anne-France Goldwater is about to become the province’s “Judge Judy” equivalent, hearing small-claims cases and making decisions about personal disputes for a broadcast audience.
LegalEase sits down with Me. Anne France Goldwater about the Lola case. The court of appeal decision makes common-law couples are entitled to spousal support upon the break-down of the marriage.