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The ‘Whistle-Blower’
Published January 21, 2012 - No Comments
The ‘Whistle-Blower’ What is ‘Whistle-Blowing’? Whistle blowing is legally known as a “Public Interest Disclosure”. This occurs oftentimes in the workplace or at post-secondary institutions. The term refers to the act of disclosing information about a wrongdoing. Examples: 1. ...
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Survive Domestic Violence
Published January 21, 2012 - No Comments
Survive Domestic Violence What is Domestic Violence? Domestic violence is also known as domestic abuse, domestic violence abuse, spousal abuse, and family domestic violence. Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behaviours by one or both partners in a family, relationship, or co ...
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What is Mediation?
Published January 20, 2012 - No Comments
Mediation What is Mediation? Mediation, also known as Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Dispute Resolution, and Conflict Resolution, is an alternative to trial. The parties involved must voluntarily agree to mediate, which means no one party shall be forced into mediation. What ...
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Prepare For Court – First Appearance Hearings
Published January 20, 2012 - No Comments
Prepare For Court – Your First Appearance Hearing Preparing four your court appearance may be a very stressful matter. Whether you have a lawyer or not, it may be helpful to do some work in advance of your court hearing. To prepare yourself, do the following: Re-read all docum ...
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How To Stay Safe
Published January 20, 2012 - No Comments
How to Stay Safe When you are heading into a convenience store, how often to you look inside the store before you enter? According to the National Association of Convenience Stores, a convenience store that has a check-out counter out of view of the front to the store is 500 times more lik ...
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How To Deal With Blackmail
Published January 20, 2012 - No Comments
How To Deal With Blackmail Blackmail is a crime that involves threats to reveal true or false information about a person, to someone else, unless a demand is met. The threats may range from physical harm, to the threats for purposes of profit. It doesn’t matter how small you think ...
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Child Abduction
Published January 20, 2012 - No Comments
Child Abduction What is child abduction? Child abduction is the unauthorized removal of a minor. It is a parents’ worst nightmare to discover their child has been abducted. The first thing you need to do is to try and remain strong so that you can focus on getting through the following: ...
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Credit Myths
Published January 20, 2012 - No Comments
Credit Myths Myth #1 – Your Credit Remains “Good” By Making Minimum Payments This is not true. 30% of your credit score depends on the balances in which you owe. If lenders see that you are making only the minimum payments to these balances, they do not see progress in paying ...
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Survive Domestic Violence

Published 01/21/2012 at 02:01 - No Comments

Survive Domestic Violence What is Domestic Violence? Domestic violence is also known as domestic abuse, domestic violence abuse, spousal abuse, and family domestic violence. Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behaviours by one or both partners in a family, relationship, or cohabitation. The abuse can involve children and domestic violence, between two children [...]

What is Mediation?

Published 01/20/2012 at 23:56 - No Comments

Mediation What is Mediation? Mediation, also known as Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Dispute Resolution, and Conflict Resolution, is an alternative to trial. The parties involved must voluntarily agree to mediate, which means no one party shall be forced into mediation. What is a mediator? The mediator, the impartial party, works with the parties to [...]

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The ‘Whistle-Blower’Published 01/21/2012 at 15:31
Survive Domestic ViolencePublished 01/21/2012 at 02:01
What is Mediation?Published 01/20/2012 at 23:56
Prepare For Court – First Appearance HearingsPublished 01/20/2012 at 21:23
How To Stay SafePublished 01/20/2012 at 08:39
How To Deal With BlackmailPublished 01/20/2012 at 07:49
Child AbductionPublished 01/20/2012 at 07:00
Credit MythsPublished 01/20/2012 at 06:23

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