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Bill C-21 unintended consequences, no fault and a highway blockade injury and a search warrant quashed

June 17, 2022/in Legal News /by mtp_admin

  This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: Unintended consequences of Bill C-21 Bill C-21 proposes various amendments to the Criminal Code and Firearms Act to restrict gun ownership. One part of the legislation is a proposal to freeze the sale or transfer of handguns. This has already had the unintended consequence of causing […]

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An ex-wife attempt to get control over a trust and a financial advisor claims a marriage-like relationship with a client

June 9, 2022/in Legal News /by mtp_admin

  This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: When the divorced father of an adult child with learning disabilities was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he established a trust with $750,000 to provide for his son following his death. As he had been through an acrimonious divorce, the father was concerned that his ex-wife did […]

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150 years or parole ineligibility cruel and unusual and a credit card class action settlement

June 2, 2022/in Legal News /by mtp_admin

  The week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: The Supreme Court of Canada has found that making people ineligible to even apply for parole for 150 years is cruel and unusual punishment. In 1967 Canada repealed the Criminal Code provisions that allowed people convicted of murder to be put to death by hanging, except […]

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The right to a trial in English or French and the BC Legislative Clerk not guilty of most charges

May 26, 2022/in Legal News /by mtp_admin

  This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: Section 530 of the Criminal Code provides a right to a trial in either English or French. It also requires a judge or justice “before whom an accused first appears” to inform accused people of this right. If someone requests a trial in French or English […]

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Automatism, Horizontal stare decisis, and ICBC No Fault in the BCCA

May 20, 2022/in Legal News /by mtp_admin

  This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: Criminal offences require two things, often described with Latin names: actus reus and mens rea. Actus reus is an intentional physical act. Mens rea is a guilty mind. We don’t wish to convict people for physical acts that were not intentional: crashing your car when you […]

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History of abortion law in Canada, an acquittal for criminal contempt, and credibility in criminal cases

May 5, 2022/in Legal News /by mtp_admin

  This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: The history of abortion in Canada The leaked draft decision on abortion from the US Supreme Court has raised questions concerning the law in Canada. For 100 years in Canada, from 1869 until 1969, having or performing an abortion was a criminal offence in Canada. In […]

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Prolific offenders, Urban Mayors, causes and solutions

May 2, 2022/in Legal News /by mtp_admin

  There are a relatively small number of people who are responsible for a high volume of property crime and associated public disorder. There are a large number of police interactions with people committing offences such as shoplifting, mischief, possession of stolen property, possession of drugs, and breaching previous orders. This has resulted in frustration […]

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A no evidence motion, a 91-year old father unable to undo gift of a home, and child support after 19

April 22, 2022/in Legal News /by mtp_admin

  This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: An RCMP officer from Nanaimo is on trial for assault causing bodily harm after he is alleged to have punched a detainee in the eye causing a fractured orbital bone. The complaint in the case was arrested on her 19th birthday after her friends called the […]

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Home search after arrest, parking pass class action dismissed, and no mink ranching

April 17, 2022/in Legal News /by mtp_admin

  This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: Section 8 of the Charter provides that everyone has the right to be free from unreasonable search or seizure. A search conducted by the police, without prior judicial authorization, is presumptively unreasonable. One of the exceptions to this principle is that police are permitted to conduct […]

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Crib case dismissed for delay, no judicial notice of unceded territory, and court COVID measures ending

April 7, 2022/in Legal News /by mtp_admin

  This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: Unlike criminal cases, where there is always a next appearance date scheduled in court until a case is completed, civil cases are generally moved along by the plaintiff. The case discussed on the show involved a civil claim resulting from an apparently defective drop-side crib. The […]

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