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Promissory estoppel a farm and a $90,000 award for defamatory Google and Yelp reviews

September 2, 2022/in Legal News /by mtp_admin

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 unfairness by enforcing promises. In a case discussed on the show, a judge needed to determine if either promissory estoppel or another equitable doctrine called […]

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Trespass damages, Caveat Emptor for a house purchase and Charter breach = reduced sentence

August 26, 2022/in Legal News /by mtp_admin

  This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: Basement construction results in trespassing When someone trespasses on property by building or installing something on it without permission, damages can be awarded. The amount of such an award will depend on the circumstances: a)nominal damages if the owner had not proven any actual loss b)actual […]

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The Liquor Distribution Act monopoly and termination vs abandoning a job

August 18, 2022/in Legal News /by mtp_admin

  This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: Protesting the Liquor Distribution Act The British Columbia General Employee Union is picketing government liquor distribution centers. The explanation for this strategic choice can be found in the Liquor Distribution Act, which is the legal basis for how alcohol is sold in British Columbia. The Liquor […]

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Different test for best interest of indigenous children, public interest standing and nuisance bamboo

August 12, 2022/in Legal News /by mtp_admin

  The week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: Determining the best interests of Indigenous children 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 Families and placed with another family member or into foster care. Pursuant to […]

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No condom = no consent, when lawyers can’t quit, and unjust enrichment

August 4, 2022/in Legal News /by mtp_admin

  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. Even where there is consent to sexual activity, it can be legally ineffective in various circumstances, including where the consent is obtained by force, […]

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Murder during unlawful confinement, detention and right to a lawyer

July 30, 2022/in Legal News /by mtp_admin

  This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: In Canada, murder can be either first or second degree. A conviction for either kind of murder results in a mandatory life sentence. With first-degree murder, however, a person must wait 25 years before they can even ask for parole. For second-degree, the judge can decide […]

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Medicare Protection Act constitutional, sentencing for contempt and drugs on appeal

July 25, 2022/in Legal News /by mtp_admin

This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: The British Columbia Medicare Protection Act purports attempts to protect Medicare by prohibiting any doctor from charging any more than what Medicare pays for any service that it covers and effectively prohibiting people from purchasing private insurance for any of these services. These market interventions, combined with […]

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A car dealership liable for an accident, ICBC unfairness, and a builder’s lien

July 15, 2022/in Legal News /by mtp_admin

  Devastating Saanich Road accident This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: In August of 2018, two sisters were walking their dogs on Central Saanich Road in Saanich BC when a vehicle struck them. One of the women, and her dog, were killed. The other woman survived with devastating injuries. The woman who survived […]

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Deck litigation, an estate without a will, and criminal jury trials almost back to normal

June 30, 2022/in Legal News /by mtp_admin

  This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: Twenty-five years ago, a man and his family moved into a home they had built in the Highlands with only a temporary occupancy permit. A final occupancy permit was never obtained, and the lack of compliance was noted on title. As his wife passed away and […]

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A murder conviction appeal, a ban on publication of disclosure material and a drug conviction appeal

June 24, 2022/in Legal News /by mtp_admin

  This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: An appeal in a criminal case does not involve asking the judges hearing the appeal to retry the case. It’s a review of what took place at the original trial. The Court of Appeal can allow an appeal if the verdict at trial was unreasonable and […]

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