Monthly Archives: September 2022

Law Society of Ontario Panel on Professionalism and Practice Management Issues in Administrative Law Oct 6 2022 12:00 pm

Posted on September 27, 2022 by Anita Szigeti

Program Agenda is available here: Professionalism and Practice Management Issues in Administrative Law 2022 You can register here: https://store.lso.ca/professionalism-and-practice-management-issues-in-administrative-law-2022 Description The events of the last few years have changed the way administrative legal professionals manage their clients and themselves. Client … Continue reading →

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REACH CANADA panel on Strategies for Legal Professionals to Assist Clients with Mental Health Disabilities Oct 6 2022 5:30 pm

Posted on September 27, 2022 by Anita Szigeti

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR THIS PROGRAM Strategies for Legal Professionals to Assist Clients with Mental Health Disabilities Strategies for Legal Professionals to Assist Clients with Mental Health Disabilities (CPD ACCREDITED & REGISTRATION DETAILS NOW AVAILABLE!) Date: October 6, 2022 … Continue reading →

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An Interview with NARPA Board Member Kathy Flaherty

Posted on September 27, 2022 by Anita Szigeti

This is a fabulous interview!! Here: Reconsidering Care and Coercion in Psychiatry: Kathleen Flaherty, JD https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/antidepressants-do-not-work-by-numbing-emotions Reconsidering Care and Coercion in Psychiatry: Kathleen Flaherty, JD April 21, 2021 Awais Aftab, MD Series | Conversations in Critical Psychiatry A lawyer discusses … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Anita’s 30 years at the Ontario Bar September 24 1992 to September 24 2022

Posted on September 25, 2022 by Anita Szigeti

I know it’s funny how this can be what with me being 29 still and a new call in Nunavut just in my 8th year there (I’m a 2014 call to the Nunavut Bar), but still it somehow happened that … Continue reading →

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When no means yes: Laws that replace consent with coercion troubling trend – Lawyer’s Daily Sept 14 2022

Posted on September 16, 2022 by Anita Szigeti

You can find the full article here: When no means yes: Laws that replace consent with coercion troubling trend This article was originally published by The Lawyer’s Daily, (www.thelawyersdaily.ca) a division of LexisNexis Canada. When no means yes: Laws that … Continue reading →

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Anita Presents to Presiding Officers and Coroner’s Counsel on “Inquests Where Mental Health is an Issue” September 14 2022

Posted on September 14, 2022 by Anita Szigeti

I am honoured and privileged to speak with Coroners and Presiding Officers of Inquests including as well Coroner’s counsel and investigative officers today about Inquests where Mental Health is an issue. I have been counsel on at least two dozen, … Continue reading →

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For the Defence magazine publishes our article on Indigenous NCR Accused and Canadian Jurisdictions without Psychiatric Hospitals – August 2022

Posted on September 1, 2022 by Anita Szigeti

The Criminal Lawyers’ Association publishes a quarterly magazine of academic articles and commentary, called For the Defence. The August 2022 Edition – Volume 42 No 2 focuses on Truth and Reconciliation and the representation of Indigenous clients in the criminal … Continue reading →

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