Woman gets 5.5 years for sexual assault and a School Board suspension of trustees unlawful
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: In 2008 the age at which someone can consent to sexual activity was raised from 14 to 16. Some exceptions permit people younger than 16 to conse...
29 Syys 202223min
Non-pecuniary damage awards by juries and prior sexual activity cross examination
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: Non-pecuniary damages are compensation for personal injury losses that have not required the outlay of money. The purpose is to compensate injured...
27 Syys 202222min
BC COVID rule challenges dismissed, banishment and double jeopardy, and challenging a civil jury notice
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: Five different legal challenges to COVID-19 restrictions are all dismissed on the same day. Several of the people who launched legal challenges fa...
15 Syys 202222min
Promissory estoppel a farm and a $90,000 award for defamatory Google and Yelp reviews
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: Promissory estoppel is an equitable doctrine that can protect a claimant’s reasonable reliance on another person’s word. It is intended to avoid u...
2 Syys 202223min
Trespass damages, Caveat Emptor for a house purchase and Charter breach = reduced sentence
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: When someone trespasses on property by building or installing something on it without permission, damages can be awarded. The amount of such an aw...
25 Elo 202223min
The Liquor Distribution Act monopoly and termination vs abandoning a job
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: The British Columbia General Employee Union is picketing government liquor distribution centers. The explanation for this strategic choice can be ...
18 Elo 202222min
Different test for best interest of indigenous children, public interest standing and nuisance bamboo
The week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: When children are believed to be at risk of harm in British Columbia, they can be apprehended by the director of the Ministry of Children and Famil...
11 Elo 202221min
No condom = no consent, when lawyers can't quit, and unjust enrichment
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: Section 273.1(1) of the Criminal Code specifies that a person’s voluntary agreement to “engage in the sexual activity in question” is required. ...
4 Elo 202221min
