A notary avoids liability for an unconscionable home sale by a senior and a tree bylaw can't stop farming
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: Following 7 days of hearings, with 79 pages of notices of application, responses to applications, and pleadings, 13 affidavits totalling more than...
9 Feb 202322min
Flying Squad sentencing, property tax exemption for religion, and a Gladue sentence appeal
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: A University of Victoria instructor pleaded guilty to criminal contempt for blocking a road by chaining himself to a log. Other people who had b...
5 Jan 202323min
Crown bail policy, strata age and rental restrictions going and housing approval by the province
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: In response to political pressure resulting from public disorder and random assaults of strangers, BC Premier Eby announced several policy changes...
28 Nov 202222min
Paralegals rather than legal aid, sentences longer that requested, and a municipal recount
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: British Columbia has had inadequate legal aid funding for family and poverty law cases for many years. In 1992 the NDP government imposed a speci...
10 Nov 202223min
Mental health NCRMD vs fitness for trial and Buzziak murder investigation info still secret
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: All too often, people with serious mental illnesses end up in the criminal justice system when they are not afforded adequate and sustained medica...
3 Nov 202223min
Criminal bail vs Mental Health Act detention
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: In the context of a judicial review of a decision to compel a patient to continue to receive antipsychotic medication against her will for many ye...
20 Okt 202223min
Best interest of a dog, Mink Breeders contest phasing out, and a strata fight over a deck
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: A dispute over the adoption of a dog named Maddie ended up in court after the woman who “rescued” and sold her tried to get her puppies back to se...
14 Okt 202222min
A report on Repeat Offending and Random Stranger Violence in BC
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: In response to criticism from mayors and others, a report entitled A Rapid Investigation into Repeat Offending and Random Stranger Violence in Bri...
6 Okt 202222min
