It was a privilege to participate in the Roundtable that gave rise to the The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights‘ and Cheryl Milne‘s Report on the status of public interest intervention before the Supreme Court of Canada | Cour suprême du Canada and before other courts.
Here is the link to the report on the Asper Centre’s website:
More than Busybodies
Report of a Workshop on the Status of
Public Interest Interveners in Canadian Courts
David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
is a very important Report, which I expect will lead to further, broader discussion and exploration of public intervention in our nation’s top court.
I’m grateful to have been included in this timely and productive conversation to date.
I highly recommend reviewing the whole report – thanks to Cheryl and the students and all the amazing litigators in the room.
About Anita Szigeti
• 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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