Victoria 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, […]
Harold Backer released on $50,000 bail
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminVictoria Lawyer Michael Mulligan comments in a story by April Lawrence on CHECK news: Nobody was answering at the Chemainus home where Harold Backer has been ordered to stay while awaiting trial on fraud charges. The home belongs to his mother, who told CHEK News by phone she is glad to have her son home to […]
Special Prosecutor for BC Political Donations and Legal Aid Funds Diverted on Legally Speaking
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminVictoria Lawyer Michael Mulligan on CFAX 1070 – Legally Speaking – discussing the appointment of a special prosecutor, at the request of the RCMP, to deal with the investigation of political donations in BC. In addition, new information reveals the diversion of $135.2 million from the provision of legal aid in 2016. In British Columbia there […]
Christy Clark false claim of NDP hacking – Legally Speaking w. Michael Mulligan
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminVictoria Lawyer Michael Mulligan on CFAX 1070 – Legally Speaking – discussing the legal implications of Christy Clark making false claims that the NDP hacked into the BC Liberal web page. John Horgan categorically denied the allegation and advised that he had consulted a lawyer concerning a possible civil actions for slander. The episode is discussed […]
Michael Mulligan: Prescription heroin could save lives
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminTimes Colonist option piece: Prescription heroin could save lives https://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/michael-mulligan-prescription-heroin-could-save-lives-4644998
How to immediately improve Victoria Safe Consumption Sites – Michael Mulligan
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminVictoria Lawyer Michael Mulligan on CFAX 1070 – Legally Speaking – discussing how to improve Victoria Safe Consumption Sites immediately by utilizing the federal Special Access Program. 755 people died of drug overdoses in British Columbia from January to November 2016. One of the principle reasons for this large number of overdose deaths has been […]
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.
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, […]