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Monthly Archives: October 2024
Abdirahman ABDI Inquest Begins November 18 2024
This Inquest is into the Ottawa death of Mr. Abdi at the hands of police in 2016 is about to start. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/abdirahman-abdi-death-ottawa-police-2016-inquest-1.7363731 Coroner’s inquest into Abdirahman Abdi’s death to start Nov. 18 Black man died after violent arrest by 2 … Continue reading
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LAMDA hosts Australian Law professor Sam Boyle presenting his Research on Ontario’s CTOs
Dr. Boyle presents preliminary results of his Ontario Study on CTOs – he has interviewed participants to CTO proceedings of the CCB, including Board members, clients, lawyers and psychiatrists. Tuesday, October 29, 2024 6:00 – 7:00 PM EST Early registration … Continue reading
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ANOTHER Open Letter to CAMH’s now $200 MIL donor – Bruce McKean – Oct 24 2024
Bruce McKean sounds like a lovely, humble, well-meaning man. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-mystery-camh-donor-mental-health/ His latest $100 MIL will at least FINALLY result in a new building for the longest suffering patients detained at CAMH, those found unfit or NCR who were the only … Continue reading
The Legal Profession In Crisis – Reflections on Three Decades at the Bar put against this Snapshot Moment in Time – October 2024
The Legal Profession is in crisis. We all know the data. Mental health issues, drug use, dependencies and addictions including gambling – all rampant in the law and in criminal defence. Sexual harassment by male criminal defence lawyers is a … Continue reading
New Content Released on My CV – October 2024 – TEACHING, TEACHING, TEACHING the fall away
October of this year has meant teaching several times a week, including 8 solid hours at 3 different law schools in a 24 hour period on Oct 22 and 23 – that is a LOT of teaching – but I … Continue reading
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Head shots – All taken on Just Two Days in Oct 2024
These photos were all taken in the span of a couple of days in the last week or so. I am having trouble deciding which to use for what purpose but I do like them all. So one thing to … Continue reading
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World Mental Health Day Commemorated by Lexis Nexis
Our publisher LexisNexis posted this message on their socials to mark World Mental Health Day – Oct 10, 2024. While World Mental Health Day was earlier this week, the message of prioritizing Mental Health in the workplace is always relevant. … Continue reading
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Great Day in the Supreme Court of Canada on Bharwani — October 10, 2024
What an absolutely absorbing case. We must have spent six lawyer hours as a team drafting our 5 minutes of oral argument delivered absolutely flawlessly by the incomparable Sarah Rankin today. I couldn’t possibly be more proud of her and … Continue reading
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Bharwani in the SCC Oct 10 2024 – All the Big-Ticket Items of Mental Disorder in Criminal Law Under Review
I am absolutely privileged to appear in the Supreme Court of Canada as often as I do – or have done anyway – representing various intervener organizations over the years. I have been counsel repeatedly for the Criminal Lawyers’ Association … Continue reading
The Szigeti LexisNexis Library Modeled Over the Years by One Very Special Person and Her Guests
I’ve begun referring to them as the Black Book, Blue Book, the Red Book, The Teal Book, and I guess the “CCB Guide” because it changes colour every year and in 2025 features the Anniversary banner in Gold and let’s … Continue reading
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