Category Archives: Lawyer’s Daily Opinion Commentary

What Has the Law Society’s CEOSS Really Cost us? Law360 Opinion Piece – Part II August 12, 2025

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Anita Szigeti

Law360 has published my two part series on the global cost of the LSO’s CEO Salary Scandal, or CEOSS (pronounced “chaos”) on Aug 11 and 12, 2025. Part II in the series can be found here:  What Has the Law … Continue reading →

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What has the Law Society’s CEOSS really cost us? – Law360 Opinion Piece Part I Aug 11 2025

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Anita Szigeti

Law360 has published my two part series on the global cost of the LSO’s CEO Salary Scandal, or CEOSS (pronounced “chaos”) on Aug 11 and 12, 2025. Part I in the series can be found here: What Has the Law … Continue reading →

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Licensed Ontario Lawyers and Paralegals Must Register to attend and vote at the LSO AGM on Sept 18 2025

Posted on August 13, 2025 by Anita Szigeti

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED MY MOTION FOR A GLOBAL ACCOUNTING OF THE CEOSS (pronounced “chaos”) situation at LSO- it is filed, as far as I can tell. The motion is now published on the Law Society’s Annual General Meeting … Continue reading →

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Common pitfalls in tribunal adjudication of mental health matters, part two: Potential solutions – Law360 May 29 2025

Posted on May 31, 2025 by Anita Szigeti

This is Part Two of the same series in which I unpack the concerns expressed by reviewing courts about Ontario’s mental health tribunals and offer some potential solutions. For the first part, you can check out my blog post here: … Continue reading →

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Pitfalls in tribunal adjudication of mental health matters: Issues identified by reviewing courts – Part One – Law360 May 28 2025

Posted on May 30, 2025 by Anita Szigeti

I recently wrote a two part series about two recent court decisions that directly impact this area of practice — in mental health or mental disorder law. However, as I point out in the pieces, the judicial considerations of proceedings … Continue reading →

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Mental Health Adjudication and Entrenched Biases

Posted on May 30, 2025 by Anita Szigeti

In the course of reviewing articles related to issues I have been thinking about recently, I came across this coverage of a panel presentation at the Law Society from seven years ago. There are valuable comments by my cherished colleague, … Continue reading →

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Inaugural criminal appellate advocacy program honours former justice Rosenberg – Law360 February 8 2023

Posted on February 10, 2023 by Anita Szigeti

I wrote about the Rosenberg Moot for Law360 – formerly the Lawyer’s Daily. This article was originally published by Law360 (www.law360.com) a division of LexisNexis Canada. You can read the full article here: https://www.law360.ca/articles/43721/inaugural-criminal-appellate-advocacy-program-honours-former-justice-rosenberg This Photo was taken by an … Continue reading →

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Why 55,000 lawyers need five trees – The Lawyer’s Daily December 5, 2022

Posted on December 7, 2022 by Anita Szigeti

This article was originally published by The Lawyer’s Daily, (www.thelawyersdaily.ca) a division of LexisNexis Canada. You can read the full article here: https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/42047/-why-55-000-lawyers-need-five-trees Why 55,000 lawyers need five trees Monday, December 05, 2022 @ 3:13 PM | By Anita Szigeti … Continue reading →

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Coercion Taking Over: Community Treatment Orders Explode in Ontario – Part 1 – Lawyer’s Daily Nov 2 2022

Posted on November 4, 2022 by Anita Szigeti

You can find the full article here: Coercion Taking Over: Community Treatment Orders Explode in Ontario Part 1 Nov 2 2022 The Lawyer’s Daily This article was originally published by The Lawyer’s Daily, (www.thelawyersdaily.ca) a division of LexisNexis Canada. Coercion … Continue reading →

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Behind Closed Doors: Abuses of Patients’ Rights in Psychiatric Facilities – Lawyer’s Daily August 23 2022

Posted on August 25, 2022 by Anita Szigeti

You can find the full article here: https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/39073/behind-locked-doors-abuses-of-patients-rights-in-psychiatric-facilities?category=analysis This article was originally published by The Lawyer’s Daily, (www.thelawyersdaily.ca) a division of LexisNexis Canada. Behind locked doors: Abuses of patients’ rights in psychiatric facilities Tuesday, August 23, 2022 @ 1:30 PM … Continue reading →

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