Monthly Archives: March 2021

Video Link to Zoom Advocacy CPD with LAMDA CLOC and OCA held on January 28, 2021 now available to selected groups only

Posted on March 6, 2021 by Anita Szigeti

LAMDA is now able to provide a link to the Session on Zoom Advocacy we co-hosted with Crown Law Criminal on January 28, 2021. We can only provide the link to members of specific defence counsel advocacy groups. Particulars are … Continue reading →

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Court of Appeal Provides Further Guidance to Ontario Review Board on the Issue of Significant Risk in Marmalejo March 2 2021

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Anita Szigeti

A very important decision argued by my associate Maya Kotob, clarifying the test for ‘significant threat’ in relation to the Ontario Review Board. https://www.ontariocourts.ca/decisions/2021/2021ONCA0130.htm The passages on substantive test for significant risk are reproduced below: [39]       The evidence pertaining to … Continue reading →

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Anita Interviewed in the Toronto Star about the Minassian NCR Hearing – Verdict to be Released March 3, 2021

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Anita Szigeti

‘This is not a clear-cut case’: Judge set to rule on Alek Minassian’s state of mind in livestreamed Yonge St. van attack verdict By Alyshah HashamCourts Reporter Tue., March 2, 2021 https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/03/02/this-is-not-a-clear-cut-case-judge-set-to-rule-on-alek-minassians-state-of-mind-in-livestreamed-yonge-st-van-attack-verdict.html My comments: Anita Szigeti, a prominent lawyer specializing … Continue reading →

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