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I was quoted extensively in this amazing piece by Rachel Browne on the Gerstein Centre’s non-coercive mobile crisis response here: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkywg7/this-crisis-team-has-handled-mental-health-calls-without-toronto-cops-for-30-years “If I had a dollar for every time I said ‘Call the Gerstein…,’” said Toronto mental health lawyer Anita … Continue reading →

I am quoted at length in this piece about Mr. Wiebe, an accused under the ORB. The comments attributed to me are excerpted below: “Seclusion and restraint, whether mechanical like being strapped to a bed, chemical like being injected with … Continue reading →

LAMDA & @CLA co-host great conferences on mental disorder & criminal law annually. Value for $$! You can buy, for $50 or less, access to the webcast recording of the entire day and all the fabulous materials for the last … Continue reading →

New in 2020, our Guide to Mental Disorder Law in Canadian Criminal Justice is available now. Those who pre-ordered should be getting their copy any day. For anyone still looking to buy one, you can order them online here: https://store.lexisnexis.ca/en/categories/shop-by-jurisdiction/federal-13/a-guide-to-mental-disorder-law-in-canadian-criminal-justice-skusku-cad-6766/details … Continue reading →

Everyone’s enjoying the 2021 (!!) Edition of the Guide to Consent and Capacity Law in Ontario. They’re available now and everyone who pre-ordered should have received theirs. For my part, I am just happy to see 2021 on something. Promises … Continue reading →

This is a vexing problem for counsel. Indeed, when counsel opposite berates you relentlessly and the adjudicator does not intervene, is also incredibly painful to endure. Our Law Society Rules of Professional Conduct (rightly so) prohibit incivility. What incivility means, … Continue reading →

The following quote are attributed to me in this Toronto Star article by Alyshah Hasham Courts Reporterand Tom Yun Staff Reporter https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/08/05/tragic-preposterous-family-of-soleiman-faqiri-reacts-as-opp-says-it-wont-charge-jail-guards-in-mentally-ill-ontario-mans-death.html Anita Szigeti, a lawyer who frequently represents clients with mental health issues, said a decision not to charge … Continue reading →

Reach us there at https://twitter.com/LAMDACANADAOr email us at lamda.exec@gmail.comFor more info.PS – I am the President. And founder. Since 2017.We have a great Executive Team of Keli Mersereau, Jill Presser, Mary Murphy, Jordan Weisz and Thomas Whillier. Come join us … Continue reading →

Here is the LInk to my Interview with CBC London’s Rebecca Zandbergen this morning, tackling the NCR designation, ORB system and systemic racial biases. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-158-london-morning/clip/15789335-legal-perspective-forensic-mental-health-system?fbclid=IwAR3Lg4QKyv9CGYuZPVxfgYxspjrLGaziV1EGk_GLc5ZkJHDAYjtsTtPGn1E

A busy morning on the radio today! Was honoured to speak with Supriya Dwivedi on Global 640 this morning about the NCR system, the ORB and race.‘We need the statistics’: Advocates calling for collection of race-based data in forensic mental … Continue reading →