Author Archives: Anita Szigeti

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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

Ombudsman Releases Report on TPS’ Vulnerable Persons Registry – September 2024

Posted on September 5, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

The Toronto Star’s Wendy Gillis reports on this issue https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/it-was-an-attempt-to-help-police-de-escalate-encounters-with-vulnerable-people-in-toronto/article_3c4c3f26-6b97-11ef-94a4-070d2aa5c8e2.html Link to the Ombuds’ Report here:

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THE ROSENBERG MENTORSHIP MOOT RETURNS — Ontario Court of Appeal – Moot Day January 25, 2025

Posted on August 25, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

As one of the organizers of this program, along with ONCA Staff Lawyer Anna Trbovich and CLOC counsel Dena Bonnet, under the leadership of Associate Chief Justice of Ontario, the Honourable J. Michal Fairburn, I am excited for the second … Continue reading →

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20th Anniversary of the Guide to Consent and Capacity Law arrives in print in two weeks – by August 30, 2024!

Posted on August 17, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

Super excited to see this beautiful book in person so soon! Purchase the CCB Guide (2025) – 20th Special Anniversary Edition For the history of this volume’s journey over the last two decades, here is my blog entry devoted to … Continue reading →

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Court of Appeal Critical of the Ontario Review Board’s serious factual errors in their Reasons – Two Cases Heard in one week Alfredson and Simonic – June 2024

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

The Ontario Court of Appeal has released two Judgments providing guidance to the Ontario Review Board regarding the care they must take with the evidentiary record before them. Both appeals were heard by this panel of Justices: Miller, Paciocco and … Continue reading →

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Interventions at the Supreme Court of Canada – New WiCCD YouTube “Who Cares About Interveners??” Episode July 21 2024

Posted on July 18, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

We taped this invigorating conversation with Maya Shukairy for WiCCD’s YouTube channel on July 18, 2024. Had a lovely conversation with cherished colleagues Sarah Rankin and Cheryl Milne (Asper Centre). I am looking forward to the release of the Episode … Continue reading →

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An Intimate History of the Szigeti Library of Mental Health Law Books – My Personal Reflections on a Career in Legal Publishing

Posted on July 13, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

One of the most exciting aspects of my long career in the law has been my work in publishing text books on mental health law. As I celebrate 20 years in legal publishing, now including five distinct publications, I revisit … Continue reading →

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Why I Write Legal Textbooks – A Professional Post with the Promise of a Personal Post to Follow here – July 2024

Posted on July 11, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

Here is my LinkedIn Article about why I do it and you may want to as well – this is the professional side https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/legal-publishing-why-i-write-books-mental-health-law-anita-szigeti-h4iwc I will follow it up with the backstory of my entire publishing career here later, including … Continue reading →

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SKIBICKI JUDGMENT OUT OF MANITOBA – MEDIA COVERAGE JULY 11 2024

Posted on July 11, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

This case is generating a ton of media today so I’ll just post the links here to whatever comes out regarding the Judgment to be released this morning. I previously blogged about the specifics here: JUDGMENT DAY MEDIA COVERAGE CBC … Continue reading →

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OBA Awards Gala Night June 20 2024 – Jennifer Chambers accepts the OBA Foundation Award for the Empowerment Council

Posted on June 21, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

What a lovely evening this was – one on which I got to see my friend Orlando da Silva in person, however, briefly, listened to his moving speech and presenting the amazing Doron Gold with the award named after him. … Continue reading →

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New release from INCLO – “In Our Hands: Communities rooting out discriminatory policing” – June 19 2024

Posted on June 20, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

A really great publication on ridding policing of racism and other forms of discrimination is this release by The International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations (INCLO), a network of 15 prominent national civil liberties and human rights organizations worldwide, unified … Continue reading →

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