Litigation Branch Evaluation

The Litigation Branch continues to serve the needs of government — in particular through the role played by the ADAG Litigation in coordinating all litigation involving the government, and the centralized and specialized legal expertise and legal support provided by units i Evaluation Division within the Litigation Branch. [...] The work of the Litigation Branch includes specialized units, namely the work of the National Security Group (NSG), the International Assistance Group (IAG), the Civil Litigation Section (CLS), the Management of Class Actions and Mass Litigation Unit (MCAMLU), the Litigation Practice Management Centre (LPMC), and the National eDiscovery and Litigation Support Services. [...] In terms of relevance, the evaluation considered the continued need for the Litigation Branch and 1. In addition to civil litigation, which is entirely the purview of the Department of Justice, the Department maintains a limited responsibility for criminal litigation, including interventions on constitutional challenges in criminal cases, as well as the work of the International Assistance Group a [...] The LPMC supports the ADAG Litigation and DM of Justice in establishing and operating the management control framework that governs the outsourcing of legal work, including the selection and appointment of legal agents and the management of agent activities and costs. [...] The ADAG Litigation chairs the Committee and standing members include the ADAGs and Assistant Deputy Ministers (ADMs) who represent the portfolios, representatives of the sections of the Litigation Branch, chairpersons of the regional offices’ litigation committees, the coordinators of appeals to the Supreme Court of Canada, and representatives of the Policy and Public Law Sectors of Justice Canad