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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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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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