Monthly Archives: September 2025

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS MY FRIENDS – BLUE JAYS ARE American League East Divisional Champs and we were there to see it Sept 28 2025

Posted on September 29, 2025 by Anita Szigeti

Sure our car parked in the lot was rammed and is now not drivable and sure this was the 4th time our stopped or parked car was hit in the last 3 years and sure this is gonna cost me … Continue reading →

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“Home Care” in Ontario means “Clinic at the Hospital” “Care” and it’s gonna cost you if you’d like to live

Posted on September 25, 2025 by Anita Szigeti

This was my previous post about my earliest exposure to “Home Care” in Ontario. It references an even earlier post about my experiences as an inpatient at one of Toronto’s busiest general hospitals, the Mt. Sinai – my favourite. Now, … Continue reading →

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Bittersweet September 24 arrives again this year – 33 years at the Bar, 14 years since I lost my Dad

Posted on September 24, 2025 by Anita Szigeti

First, it’s Rosh Hashanah so a time for reflection and hope for the year to come. May it be sweet and peaceful somehow for us all. May there be less horror in the world if there cannot be none. As … Continue reading →

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CMHA National Conference – Panel on Involuntary Treatment Approaches to Drug Use Sept 23 2025 – recap

Posted on September 24, 2025 by Anita Szigeti

This is My LinkedIn Post About this Event My thanks to the organizers of the Canadian Mental Health Association‘s National Conference for including me on a panel to discuss responses to attempts and introduction of coercive legislation mandating involuntary detention … Continue reading →

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HAMILTON SPECTATOR COVERS HOUSING SHORTAGE ISSUE IN THE FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIC SYSTEM – SEPT 13 2025

Posted on September 22, 2025 by Anita Szigeti

Lack of hous­ing for forensic psy­chi­at­ric patients `a five­ alarm ­blaze crisis’ `I have never, ever in my life seen a bot­tle­neck in the sys­tem like this,’ says expert lit­ig­ator SUSAN CLAIRMONT 15 Sep 2025 `I have never, ever in … Continue reading →

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Did the LSO AGM “held” on Sept 18, 2025 actually breach its own By-laws such that it is altogether void?

Posted on September 19, 2025 by Anita Szigeti

This is a legitimate question being asked by some licensees this morning in the wake of the fall-out from the disastrous AGM held last night by the Law Society of Ontario. Some are even suggesting this meeting effectively didn’t happen. … Continue reading →

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Law Times Covers the Outcome and Process – LAW SOCIETY PASSES MY MOTION 101:22

Posted on September 18, 2025 by Anita Szigeti

– well, those were the votes that were successfully cast anyway Here is the article by Jessica Mach on September 18, 2025 in Law Times https://www.lawtimesnews.com/resources/professional-regulation/licensees-pass-motion-asking-lso-to-itemize-total-costs-of-ceo-pay-scandal-but-vote-is-not-binding/393001 Licensees pass motion asking LSO to itemize total costs of CEO pay scandal, but … Continue reading →

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Introduction of the Motion at the LSO AGM – thwarted by tech issues that silenced most people seeking to speak

Posted on September 18, 2025 by Anita Szigeti

I had no earlier intention of publishing my planned Statement to the Law Society’s Annual General Meeting but it was open to the public to observe and licensees should have been able to speak to it and vote on it. … Continue reading →

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Leave to Extend Time for Leave to Appeal on Historical NCR Verdict Granted by ONCA

Posted on September 18, 2025 by Anita Szigeti

This is such an important win for this accused! Congrats to Carter Martell! CITATION: R. v. Ahmed, 2025 ONCA 650 For the straight to the end of the novel folks: extension of time granted on a super old NCR already … Continue reading →

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Electronic Access through LexisNexis+ to All my books

Posted on September 17, 2025 by Anita Szigeti

I’m enormously proud of the little library of Mental Health Law that I have had the privilege to co-author with some amazing friends and colleagues who joined me as Co-Authors or General Editors of these foundational texts or contributed chapters … Continue reading →

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