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20th Anniversary of the Guide to Consent and Capacity Law arrives in print in two weeks – by August 30, 2024!

Super excited to see this beautiful book in person so soon! Purchase the CCB Guide (2025) – 20th Special Anniversary Edition For the history of this volume’s journey over the last two decades, here is my blog entry devoted to … Continue reading

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Court of Appeal Critical of the Ontario Review Board’s serious factual errors in their Reasons – Two Cases Heard in one week Alfredson and Simonic – June 2024

The Ontario Court of Appeal has released two Judgments providing guidance to the Ontario Review Board regarding the care they must take with the evidentiary record before them. Both appeals were heard by this panel of Justices: Miller, Paciocco and … Continue reading

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Interventions at the Supreme Court of Canada – New WiCCD YouTube “Who Cares About Interveners??” Episode July 21 2024

We taped this invigorating conversation with Maya Shukairy for WiCCD’s YouTube channel on July 18, 2024. Had a lovely conversation with cherished colleagues Sarah Rankin and Cheryl Milne (Asper Centre). I am looking forward to the release of the Episode … Continue reading

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An Intimate History of the Szigeti Library of Mental Health Law Books – My Personal Reflections on a Career in Legal Publishing

One of the most exciting aspects of my long career in the law has been my work in publishing text books on mental health law. As I celebrate 20 years in legal publishing, now including five distinct publications, I revisit … Continue reading

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Why I Write Legal Textbooks – A Professional Post with the Promise of a Personal Post to Follow here – July 2024

Here is my LinkedIn Article about why I do it and you may want to as well – this is the professional side https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/legal-publishing-why-i-write-books-mental-health-law-anita-szigeti-h4iwc I will follow it up with the backstory of my entire publishing career here later, including … Continue reading

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SKIBICKI JUDGMENT OUT OF MANITOBA – MEDIA COVERAGE JULY 11 2024

This case is generating a ton of media today so I’ll just post the links here to whatever comes out regarding the Judgment to be released this morning. I previously blogged about the specifics here: JUDGMENT DAY MEDIA COVERAGE CBC … Continue reading

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OBA Awards Gala Night June 20 2024 – Jennifer Chambers accepts the OBA Foundation Award for the Empowerment Council

What a lovely evening this was – one on which I got to see my friend Orlando da Silva in person, however, briefly, listened to his moving speech and presenting the amazing Doron Gold with the award named after him. … Continue reading

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New release from INCLO – “In Our Hands: Communities rooting out discriminatory policing” – June 19 2024

A really great publication on ridding policing of racism and other forms of discrimination is this release by The International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations (INCLO), a network of 15 prominent national civil liberties and human rights organizations worldwide, unified … Continue reading

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New Content Released on my CV — June 2024

Happy Summer Everyone – as the seasons change from Tulips to Roses, let’s take the time to really smell all the flowers. For those interested, I’ve again updated my main page where all versions of my CV are available here … Continue reading

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Representing Vulnerable Clients with Serious Mental Health Issues – a thankless task? Nah – a Privilege!

It’s one of those days where I am taking a moment of silence in my house to reflect on the little things, you know, like the meaning of life. Today’s topic: Work. Sure, my job is stressful. Yes, there are … Continue reading

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