Litigating on One's Doorstep: Access to Justice and the Question of Venue

IF 0.3 Q3 LAW ALBERTA LAW REVIEW Pub Date : 2019-07-17 DOI:10.29173/ALR2544
Anna J. Lund
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Venue rules govern the location where legal proceedings are commenced and where applications and trials are heard. These rules can hamper litigants from participating in legal proceedings, such as when they require a litigant to travel a significant distance to take part in a hearing or trial. The expense and time required for such travel is prohibitive for some litigants. In this article, the author considers the extent to which the venue rules in Alberta hamper defendants from participating in three types of proceedings: mortgage default proceedings, residential eviction proceedings, and enforcement proceedings against a judgment debtor’s real property. The venue rules applicable to these proceedings raise serious access to justice issues because the defendants are commonly self-represented and are at risk of losing their homes. This article argues that Alberta venue rules are somewhat responsive to the plight of defendants, but they could be revised to ensure that self-represented litigants, especially those of limited means, can participate in legal proceedings regarding their homes. Changes to the substance of the rules must be matched with changes to the practices by which these rules are invoked, because these practices create additional hurdles for the defendants.
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家门口诉讼:诉诸司法与诉讼地点问题
地点规则规定了法律程序开始的地点以及审理申请和审判的地点。这些规则可能妨碍诉讼当事人参与法律诉讼,例如要求诉讼当事人长途跋涉参加听证会或审判。这种旅行所需的费用和时间对一些诉讼当事人来说是令人望而却步的。在本文中,作者考虑了艾伯塔省的地点规则在多大程度上阻碍了被告参与三种类型的诉讼:抵押违约诉讼、住宅驱逐诉讼和针对判决债务人不动产的强制执行诉讼。适用于这些诉讼的地点规则引发了严重的诉诸司法的问题,因为被告通常是自我辩护,并有失去家园的危险。本文认为,艾伯塔省的地点规则在一定程度上反映了被告的困境,但可以对其进行修订,以确保自我代理的诉讼当事人,特别是那些经济能力有限的诉讼当事人,可以参与有关其房屋的法律诉讼。对规则实质的更改必须与对这些规则所援引的实践的更改相匹配,因为这些实践为被告创造了额外的障碍。
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