Robert G Harvie, QC

11/20/2020

Another Straight Law YouTube is out!

Discussing the balance between personal freedom and "effective" COVID responses... (this isn't Russia, is it?)

Rob and Tyler talk about the difficult balance between an effective response to COVID and not ignoring the very real concerns arising over personal freedom. ...

11/10/2020

New Straight Law Cocktail Podcast is out - "Why Can't We Be Friends?" - why collaborative divorce isn't more popular.

As always, there is a battle of blame to determine why divorce isn't more collaborative - and why formal collaborative law is not more popular. Are the lawye...

11/04/2020

Straight Law Cocktail - the "tech" issue. Does legal technology really help divorce clients?

Tyler and Rob complain about their 3CX phone system which leads them to ask, "does technology really help divorce lawyers and their clients?"

11/02/2020

Can you get an "online divorce" in Alberta? Yes. Sort of.

https://www.hdplaw.ca/hdp-info-insights-and-news/can-you-get-an-online-divorce-in-alberta-the-answer-is-yes-sort-of

10/29/2020

Are Divorces going up due to COVID? No, they're not. For good reason.

https://www.hdplaw.ca/hdp-info-insights-and-news/why-are-divorces-not-going-up-due-to-covid-a-bad-time-to-get-divorced-for-husbands-and-wives

10/26/2020

09/08/2020

Have you watched Ted Lasso? Might be a worthy role model for lawyers! See newest episode of "Straight Law Cocktail"

Oddly enough, there is some debate on this point - and Tyler and Rob talk about the challenge of being a decent person AND a decent lawyer.

08/22/2020

It's out! Episode 16 - the newest Straight Law Cocktail video on You Tube (and podcast on Itunes and Spotify)... Is the Legal System desgined to take care of itself or "people?"

Tyler talks about an incredibly frustrating experience in fighting against systemic inertia - where the Provincial Court, designed, allegedly, to be "the peo...

08/14/2020

Here it is - the newest "Straight Law Cocktail" - Ep. 15 already!!

https://youtu.be/hYQ1FTetBg0

Lawyers - humans, or strange alien/human hybrids?

Rob and Tyler talk about life before being lawyers and how that perspective is important to do their job as opposed to allowing themselves to become some sor...

08/13/2020

Latest Straight Law Cocktail Webcast coming out later today - discussing whether or not lawyers are "people" or some sort of alien-human hybrid.

06/09/2020

If you are going through a relationship breakdown, consider mediation and/or arbitration as an alternative to the traditional litigation model of divorce and family law resolution.

https://www.facebook.com/DivorceArbitrations.ca/

Arbitrators are independent decision-makers, hired to resolve legal disputes. DivorceArbitrations.ca is an educational website, with information about the advantages of arbitration, FAQs, and a directory of family law arbitrators in Alberta.

05/04/2019

Really enjoyable day today chairing panel on “How Not to Go Crazy Practicing Family Law” - much appreciation to panelists Loraine Champion, Moya McAlister, John-Paul Boyd and Maria Mitousis.