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Canadian Anthology on Mental Health and the Law is Finally Out – somewhere on delivery trucks shipping out!

Posted on September 26, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

Here is a link to this lovely full page ad in the September 27 2024 Edition of the Ontario Reports https://images-cdn.dashdigital.com/ontarioreports/20240927/data/imgpages/mobile3/0027_nofbch.jpg?lm=1727302152000

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Coroner’s Inquest into the Death of an “Unidentified Male” concludes with 10 Recommendations – September 24 2024

Posted on September 24, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

A week long inquest into the death of an individual who remains unidentified concluded today with the Jury’s Verdict and 10 recommendations. This was an extremely difficult inquest in many ways. Out of respect for the deceased, the process adopted … Continue reading →

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Some Good News For Law Students and Professors about CAMHL and LMHC: Cases and Materials – our law school texts for graduate and undergraduate studies

Posted on September 24, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

Our two latest textbooks, co-authored with Dr. Ruby Dhand and others, are now available at a much lower cost for students and teachers of the law. The Canadian Anthology on Mental Health and the Law is just published – on … Continue reading →

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I’m officially the WiCCDest Woman Ever – Anita receives WiCCD’s One of a Kind Award for 2024

Posted on September 15, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

Having handed out the three Awards to our amazing WiCCD Woman (Genevieve Eliany), WiCC ALLY (Nader Hasan) and the inaugural WiCCD Administration of Justice Awards (The Honourable Brock Jones), I realized Cassandra DeMelo was still talking. And I was very … Continue reading →

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WiCCD’s First Big Conference – on Bail – A resounding Success!! It’s also WiCCD’s Awards Season with some Surprises!! – September 14, 2024 at the TMU campus

Posted on September 15, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

Thanks to the incredible efforts of WiCCD’s Education Director and Associate Secretary Maya Shukairy and His Honour Justice Brock Jones of Toronto’s OCJ, WiCCD hosted our first large scale hybrid conference on Bail at the TMU Student Centre’s Tecumseth Auditorium … Continue reading →

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Our Article about the Faqiri Inquest opens up the CLA For the Defence Magazine’s August 2024 Issue – Vol. 44 No. 3 dedicated to Mental Health and the Criminal Law

Posted on September 14, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

COVER ART Courtesy of Gabe Ramos If you’re a CLA member and have access to the FTD magazine, I highly recommend this Edition. With your password ID etc you can access it here for free: https://criminallawyers.wildapricot.org/forthedefence This Edition has a … Continue reading →

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ORB Appeal on the Issue of Significant Risk Allowed – Manrique Sept 3 2024

Posted on September 8, 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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Menopause – the last Taboo in the Legal Profession?

Posted on September 7, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

Women’s gender-related health issues when coupled with aging are the last taboo in some ways. So taboo, we can barely say it out loud. How often have you heard the words “menopause” or “perimenopause” uttered in the context of any … Continue reading →

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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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