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The Legal Profession In Crisis – Reflections on Three Decades at the Bar put against this Snapshot Moment in Time – October 2024

Posted on October 23, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

The Legal Profession is in crisis. We all know the data. Mental health issues, drug use, dependencies and addictions including gambling – all rampant in the law and in criminal defence. Sexual harassment by male criminal defence lawyers is a … Continue reading →

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New Content Released on My CV – October 2024 – TEACHING, TEACHING, TEACHING the fall away

Posted on October 23, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

October of this year has meant teaching several times a week, including 8 solid hours at 3 different law schools in a 24 hour period on Oct 22 and 23 – that is a LOT of teaching – but I … Continue reading →

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Head shots – All taken on Just Two Days in Oct 2024

Posted on October 17, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

These photos were all taken in the span of a couple of days in the last week or so. I am having trouble deciding which to use for what purpose but I do like them all. So one thing to … Continue reading →

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World Mental Health Day Commemorated by Lexis Nexis

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

Our publisher LexisNexis posted this message on their socials to mark World Mental Health Day – Oct 10, 2024. While World Mental Health Day was earlier this week, the message of prioritizing Mental Health in the workplace is always relevant. … Continue reading →

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Great Day in the Supreme Court of Canada on Bharwani — October 10, 2024

Posted on October 10, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

What an absolutely absorbing case. We must have spent six lawyer hours as a team drafting our 5 minutes of oral argument delivered absolutely flawlessly by the incomparable Sarah Rankin today. I couldn’t possibly be more proud of her and … Continue reading →

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Bharwani in the SCC Oct 10 2024 – All the Big-Ticket Items of Mental Disorder in Criminal Law Under Review

Posted on October 6, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

I am absolutely privileged to appear in the Supreme Court of Canada as often as I do – or have done anyway – representing various intervener organizations over the years. I have been counsel repeatedly for the Criminal Lawyers’ Association … Continue reading →

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The Szigeti LexisNexis Library Modeled Over the Years by One Very Special Person and Her Guests

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

I’ve begun referring to them as the Black Book, Blue Book, the Red Book, The Teal Book, and I guess the “CCB Guide” because it changes colour every year and in 2025 features the Anniversary banner in Gold and let’s … Continue reading →

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ONCA Reiterates Guidance on Significant Risk in Manrique – Sept 2024

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

The Court of Appeal for Ontario allowed Luis Fernando Manrique’s appeal and returned the matter to the Ontario Review Board for rehearing on the issue of whether or not he continues to pose a significant threat to the safety of … Continue reading →

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Canadian Anthology on Mental Health and the Law (CAMHL) Finally Arrives – a BIG Success Story — Out in Print Friday September 27, 2024

Posted on September 29, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

Taking its rightful place amidst the building Szigeti library here at the house, it really must be front and centre as the absolutely biggest of them all, and without a doubt the most comprehensive. NOTHING, but NOTHING, could have made … Continue reading →

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New Content Released on my CV — September 2024

Posted on September 27, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

A lot of speaking engagements and conferences planned already for fall, winter and spring of 2025 are not even on this version yet, but the next few weeks bring such a flurry of activity, it was necessary to update the … Continue reading →

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