ANNOUNCING: “A GUIDE TO MENTAL DISORDER LAW IN CANADIAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE”

Posted on February 13, 2020 by Anita Szigeti

INTRODUCING: “A Guide To Mental Disorder in Canadian Criminal Justice”

June 2020 Publication Date – Lexis Nexis

Meaghan McMahon and Jill Presser together with our colleague Michael Davies (Ottawa) and I have written this text book on fitness, NCR and Review Board Law, Practice and Ethics. It is a practitioner’s Guide to every step in the litigation of mental disorder in criminal courts and the Review Board. It will contain the whole of Part XX.1 and relevant Forms and Rules, all the applicable law and extensive, expert commentary.

We hope it will assist psychiatrists and others as well.

We have been able to secure a discount for those with early interest in the book.

Sharing that information with you now – knowing every dollar matters to our bar.

PRE-ORDER now and get 15% off for a great value. ($131.75 instead of $155)

DISCOUNT CODE VALID UNTIL FEBRUARY 29 2020: MDL15

https://store.lexisnexis.ca/en/categories/shop-by-jurisdiction/federal-13/a-guide-to-mental-disorder-law-in-canadian-criminal-justice-skusku-cad-6766/details
Hope you find the volume of assistance.

13 YEARS IN THE MAKING FOLKS – A TRIUMPH OF PERSEVERANCE
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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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