The officer who asked for a publication pan and to have his identity suppressed during the Inquest into Beau Baker’s shooting death in Kitchener has lost his application for anonymity. I was fortunate to be able to intervene in this case for my client the Empowerment Council. This is the right result. Here is the media coverage:
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/10/26/officer-who-shot-and-killed-beau-baker-cant-testify-anonymously-at-inquest-judge-rules.html
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/8991091-baker-ruling-favours-transparency-/
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/8989427-officer-in-beau-baker-shooting-can-be-identified-judge-rules/
About Anita Szigeti
• Called to the Bar (1992)
• U of T Law grad (1990)
• Sole practitioner (33 years)
• Partner in small law firm (Hiltz Szigeti) 2002 - 2013
• Mom to two astonishing kids, Scarlett (20+) and Sebastian (20-)
• (Founding) Chair of Mental Health Legal Committee for ten years (1997 to 2007)
* Founding President of Law and Mental Disorder Association - LAMDA since 2017
* Founder and Secretary to Women in Canadian Criminal Defence - WiCCD - since 2022
• Counsel to clients with serious mental health issues before administrative tribunals and on appeals
• Former Chair, current member of LAO’s mental health law advisory committee
• Educator, lecturer, widely published author (including 5 text books on consent and capacity law, Canadian civil mental health law, the criminal law of mental disorder, a law school casebook and a massive Anthology on all things mental health and the law)
• Thirty+ years’ experience as counsel to almost exclusively legally aided clients
• Frequently appointed amicus curiae
• Fearless advocate
• Not entirely humourless
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