Last chance to save on all mental health law text books I co-author and publish with LexisNexis Canada Inc. 15% off these Books until the end of the month. Six days left in February to take advantage. Use the PROMO CODE: MDL15 at check-out. Coauthored with Jill Presser and Meaghan McMahon the most recent is the Guide to Mental Disorder Law in Canadian Criminal Justice. Co-Authored with D’arcy Hiltz, the Guide to Consent and Capacity Law in Ontario and finally, co-authored with Dr. Ruby Dhand, the Halsbury’s on Mental Health Law. Good deals! – Also congrats to the Winners of the Free Book Give-Away over the weekend. Enjoy your books Danielle LiChong and Kelley Bryan, among six others. #mentalhealth
• 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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