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

Posted on August 17, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

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

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

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

Posted on July 18, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

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

Posted on July 13, 2024 by Anita Szigeti

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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