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

Great Mental Health Law Text Book Give-Away

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Anita Szigeti

At our upcoming mental health law conference, all registrants will be automatically entered into a draw to win one of six copies of titles I co-author published by LexisNexis. 2 copies each of The Halsbury’s on Mental Health Law, the … Continue reading →

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Anita Szigeti Advocates Welcomes New Associate and Student

Posted on January 8, 2021 by Anita Szigeti

My law firm, Anita Szigeti Advocates (ASA) welcomes new associate lawyer Aakanksha Chauhan and new articling student Ankita Puri. We couldn’t be more thrilled with this amazing team of women we are pulling together. Plus our wonderful articling student, Tanner … Continue reading →

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Coronovirus and Its Impact on Mental Health Tribunals – article makes SSRN’s Top Ten List on January 5, 2021

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Anita Szigeti

We always knew this paper would be popular, but we had apparently under-estimated the number of times it would be downloaded and cited. On December 15th, 2020, LAMDA members Dr. Ruby Dhand, Maya Kotob, Michael Kennedy, Rebecca Ye and I … Continue reading →

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Anita Szigeti Advocates grows to a 7 person law firm January 2021

Posted on January 4, 2021 by Anita Szigeti

2020 is well and good behind us. Thank Goodness for that. This New Year has already brought a number of sudden developments, including some disappointment. However, nothing is going to take away our joy at announcing that our little law … Continue reading →

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LAMDA (Law and Mental Disorder Association) Turns 4! 2021

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Anita Szigeti

How It Started  In December of 2016, things were very challenging in my life and I felt ready for a change.  I decided one morning to start a new, fresh and dynamic volunteer lawyer association that could hopefully work with … Continue reading →

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Anita’s Nunavut Law Practice In its Sixth Year – Officially Here to Stay for NCR and unfit accused under the NRB’s jurisdiction

Posted on December 29, 2020 by Anita Szigeti

One of my favourite things that I do in my law practice is represent #Inuit accused persons who are NCR but detained in the South. Honoured to be a member of the Nunavut bar. A small but intense and supportive … Continue reading →

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Anita Szigeti Discusses NCR and the Minassian Van Attack Trial on a panel on Canadian Justice (TheNewsForum) on December 23

Posted on December 24, 2020 by Anita Szigeti

I spoke about the Minassian NCR Trial on Canadian Justice (TheNewsForum) – here is the link to the TV show generally: https://thenewsforum.ca/series/canadian-justice/ The episode I was on aired on December 23, 2020. It’s entitled Canadian Justice – The Van Attack … Continue reading →

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Litigating in the Time of Coronavirus: Mental Health Tribunals’ Response to COVID-19 published by WYAC December 15 2020

Posted on December 15, 2020 by Anita Szigeti

I am really proud to have this article published today. It appears in this journal, the Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice: https://wyaj.uwindsor.ca/index.php/wyaj/issue/view/582 here; https://wyaj.uwindsor.ca/index.php/wyaj/article/view/6565 Indebted forever to co-authors Dr. Ruby Dhand, Maya Kotob, Michael Kennedy and Rebecca Ye (a … Continue reading →

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On the Passing of Joe Arvay, December 7 2020

Posted on December 8, 2020 by Anita Szigeti

Joe Arvay died. As my good friend Sarah Rankin knows, I loved the man quite deeply. I admired him so much. He taught me a lot. There are few lawyers I considered as important a mentor as I felt Joe … Continue reading →

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An OPEN Letter to CAMH from LAMDA in response to its Policy Paper on Mental Health and Criminal Justice

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Anita Szigeti

Find LAMDA’s Letter Here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oGv-sBeflny9eIJXJzRBBrygqXLGUxBI/view?usp=sharing I encourage everyone to read this letter from me as @LAMDACANADA‘s President in response to CAMH’s policy paper on mental health and criminal justice. Defence lawyers do so much with so little to protect and … Continue reading →

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