Victoria Lawyer Michael Mulligan on CFAX 1070 – Legally Speaking with Pamela McCall – discussing police highway closures for the purpose of accident investigation. As occurred near Nanaimo recently, police will, with some frequency, close major highways and bridges in order to conduct accident investigations. Typically, the length of the closure will be in some […]
Cowichan Valley Unable to Stop Contaminated Soil Dump – BC Court of Appeal
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminVictoria Lawyer Michael Mulligan on CFAX 1070 – Legally Speaking – discussing the British Columbia Court of Appeal decision concluding that the Cowichan Valley Regional District does not have jurisdiction to stop contaminated soil from being used to fill in a rock quarry. The Court of Appeal decision turned on the definition of a “mine” pursuant […]
Fentanyl crisis: Are harsher sentences the answer?
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminVictoria lawyer Michael Mulligan commenting in Times Colonist story by Katie Derosa on the criminal justice approach to fentanyl. Are harsher sentences the answer? https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/fentanyl-front-lines-are-harsher-sentences-the-answer-4642394
CHEK News – Kelly Ellard expecting a baby in jail
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminVictoria lawyer Michael Mulligan on CHEK News with April Lawrence discussing the mother and baby program in the federal correctional system that permits babies to stay with mothers who give birth when in jail. Evidence in a court case that reversed the cancelation of a similar program in the provincial correctional system established that permitting […]
Creep Catcher type video creates personal and criminal risk
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminVictoria lawyer Michael Mulligan comments on a creep catchers style video that put the producer at personal and criminal risk. http://www.cheknews.ca/toronto-man-confronts-campbell-river-man-creep-catcher-type-video-232593/
Mayor Helps defends decision to continue pay for suspended Police Chief Elsner
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminVictoria Lawyer Michael Mulligan on CFAX 1070 – Legally Speaking with Pamela McCall. Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps defends her decision to continue paying suspended police chief Elsner more than $200,000 a year. Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps and Esquimalt Mayor Barbara Desjardins both voted to continue paying suspended Victoria Police Chief Elsner’s full salary, and legal expenses, […]
Michael Mulligan – Times Colonist Opinion Piece – Victoria Police Chief Elsner
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminVictoria Lawyer Michael Mulligan – Times Colonist Opinion Piece – Sep. 8, 2016
Michael Mulligan – Times Colonist – Give Police Guidance on Traffic Investigations
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminTimes Colonist opinion piece by Victoria Lawyer Michael Mulligan on the desirability of legislative guidance for police conducting traffic accident investigations on major highways: https://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/michael-mulligan-give-police-guidance-on-traffic-investigations-4640476
Should there be a time limit on highway closures to investigate accidents?
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminVictoria Lawyer Michael Mulligan on CFAX 1070 – Legally Speaking with Pamela McCall – discussing police highway closures for the purpose of accident investigation. As occurred near Nanaimo recently, police will, with some frequency, close major highways and bridges in order to conduct accident investigations. Typically, the length of the closure will be in some […]
Legally Speaking – Legal Aid for Mentally Ill
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminVictoria lawyer Michael Mulligan on CFAX 1070 – Legally Speaking – discussing the inadequacy of legal aid for mentally ill people who are involuntarily committed to hospital. In British Columbia you can be involuntarily committed to hospital if a doctor believes it is necessary to prevent your mental or physical deterioration or to protect you or […]
Legally Speaking – Realtor Regulation in BC
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminVictoria lawyer Michael Mulligan on CFAX 1070 – Legally Speaking – discussing changes to the regulation of realtors in British Columbia. A report examining the regulation of realtors in BC has prompted the BC government to announce plans to change the self governance structure it introduced a decade ago. Rather that being regulated by the Real […]