18-year sentence for an abused woman who killed her husband, SCC Chief Administrator, Hong Kong legal system
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: In 1976, when Canada eliminated the death penalty for murder, the compromise was a mandatory life sentence for people convicted of murder. One of ...
24 Jun 202122min
Subway vs Budway, Highlands mine in the BCCA, and privacy vs open courts
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: Budway, a Vancouver marijuana store, has been using a logo similar to the Subway sandwich logo. Budway also had a mascot in the form of a submarine...
17 Jun 202122min
Criminal contempt controlled by the court and not AG, oil tank leak bill is okay, and the SCC on child support
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: The BC Supreme Court has inherent jurisdiction to control its own process. This includes the authority to find people who breach court orders to be...
10 Jun 202121min
False sexual assault claim gets a discharge and an accused person is not required to explain why a complainant would lie
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: Annaca Kobayashi, a 19-year-old woman from Langford, falsely reported to the police that a young man she knows had threatened her with a knife and ...
27 Mai 202122min
Big Newf and duress, 11 years for carfentanil trafficking, and an increased award for firing an articling student
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: Duress is a defence, sometimes referred to as an excuse, for the commission of a criminal offence. The rationale for the defence is the idea of mo...
26 Mai 202121min
Miscellaneous but important amendments, and the BC COVID-19 data leak
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Acts have, perhaps, the least exciting names imaginable. Sometimes, however, these acts bundle together legal cha...
19 Mai 202122min
Joint sentencing submissions, prosecutorial immunity, and absolute privilege
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: Many criminal cases are resolved by way of joint sentencing submissions by Crown and defence counsel. This means that the accused person is agreei...
6 Mai 202122min
Police COVID roadblocks, Quarantine Act breached by Flat Earth conference attendee, and Small Claims online
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: The BC Government has proposed police roadblocks to enforce travel restrictions between health authorities, in order to reduce the spread of COVID-...
22 Apr 202121min
