Author Archives: Anita Szigeti

Tomorrow morning Women In Canadian Criminal Defence makes our first appearance in the Supreme Court of Canada | Cour suprême du Canada intervening on a driving law case. Not bad for an organization who just turned 4 and approaching 800 … Continue reading →

A rare personal post because I took a rare personal moment. When you’re this old, Valentine’s Day is done a day early and reservations are made for 5:30 – I always think of the Early Bird Special in that Seinfeld … Continue reading →

*** Note at the end of this entry the response received from the LSO’s Treasurer, Peter Wardle, on Feb 24, 2026 The entry below up to that point was first posted on February 12th, referencing our Feb 5th letter, and … Continue reading →

I had a lot of fun with my friends and cherished colleagues Erin Dann and Carter Martell talking about one of my favourite topics – the NCR Verdict Appeal – that can strike fear in the hearts of those lawyers … Continue reading →

Today’s Toronto Star in Jacques Gallant‘s piece provides more particulars about the Oshawa Courthouse incident itself, which are quite troubling, including the time of the trespass notice issued to Sudine Riley. Read it here: Lawyer alleging assault by cops inside … Continue reading →

CP24 https://www.cp24.com/local/durham/2026/01/30/york-regional-police-to-take-over-criminal-investigation-into-cops-accused-of-assaulting-lawyer-in-oshawa/ CBC https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/sui-oshawa-courthouse-investigation-9.7067100 The Toronto Star https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/durham-police-reassign-officers-ask-for-independent-probe-into-lawyer-s-claim-they-violently-assaulted/article_df3337b2-d16e-483f-a11e-1b6797c145ed.html https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/york-police-to-take-over-criminal-investigation-into-lawyers-claim-durham-cops-violently-assaulted-her/article_ade9fbf6-7399-4981-a406-09ed588dcebc.html https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/lawyer-alleging-assault-by-cops-inside-oshawa-courthouse-was-handed-trespassing-ticket-at-5-10/article_a1e6dbe6-c0dc-44b0-86e3-e381d41a80ca.html Law Times https://www.lawtimesnews.com/practice-areas/criminal/police-service-reassigns-officers-notifies-oversight-agencies-after-alleged-assault-of-lawyer/393172 https://www.lawtimesnews.com/practice-areas/criminal/durham-regional-police-service-refers-sudine-riley-case-to-york-regional-police/393176

Photo Courtesy of Caryma Sa’d and Protest Mania We wanted to mark one week to the day and time that Sudine Riley says she was told to leave the Oshawa courthouse at 5:00 pm while working there as defence counsel … Continue reading →