Victoria Criminal Lawyer Michael Mulligan on CFAX – Legally Speaking – discussing the police use of Mr. Big undercover operations. In a Mr. Big operation, undercover police officers pose as members of a fictitious criminal organization. The suspect is paid to perform various tasks for the fictitious origination and, typically, are treated to various lavish things […]
Ontario court upholds decision to deny approval to TWU law school
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminVictoria Lawyer Michael Mulligan on CFAX – Legally Speaking with Pamela McCall – discussing an Ontario Superior Court decision upholding the Ontario Law Society decision to refuse approval for a proposed law school at Trinity Western University. Trinity Western University (TWU) requires all students and faculty to sign a Community Covenant that provides for discipline or […]
Lawyer Michael Mulligan – CFAX – Mr. Big Operations
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminVictoria Criminal Lawyer Michael Mulligan on CFAX – Legally Speaking – discussing the police use of Mr. Big undercover operations. In a Mr. Big operation, undercover police officers pose as members of a fictitious criminal organization. The suspect is paid to perform various tasks for the fictitious origination and, typically, are treated to various lavish things […]
Lawyer Paul Pearson comments on acquittal in a Mr. Big case
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminVictoria Criminal Lawyer Paul Pearson comments in a Times Colonist story by Katie Derosa on an acquittal in a local murder case that was based on a confession in a Mr. Big undercover operation. The judge found the confession to be unreliable. In these cases the undercover police spend months convincing a suspect that they […]
Legal Aid funds diverted by BC Government
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminVictoria lawyer Michael Mulligan on CFAX 1070 with Pamela McCall discussing new freedom of information data the reveals the amount of money being diverted from the legal aid system by the provincial government. The FOI information reveals that $171.7 million was collected in 2014 by a special tax on legal services while only $74.9 million was […]
Michael Mulligan on CFAX – What’s next in Nuttall Korody bomb case
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminVictoria BC Criminal Lawyer Michael Mulligan on CFAX Legally Speaking with Pamela McCall – What’s next in the Nuttall and Korody legislature bomb case following the conviction by the jury. The most interesting part of the case now starts as the judge will deal with the issue of entrapment. This process is discussed in the context […]
Michael Mulligan on CFAX – Entrapment and the Legislature Bomb Case
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminCriminal Lawyer Michael Mulligan on CFAX – Legally Speaking with Pamela McCall – discussing the law with respect to entrapment in the context of the Nuttall and Korody legislature bomb case. In Canada, there are two forms of entrapment: 1) When the police provide people with an opportunity to commit a crime without having a reasonable […]
Real estate agent suspended and Supreme Court of Canada duty of good faith
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminVictoria lawyer Michael Mulligan on CFAX Legally Speaking with Pamela McCall – discussing the five year suspension of a Victoria real estate agent by the Real Estate Council of British Columbia for professional misconduct. The agent was found to have breached his duties to the client by having her purchase a leaky condominium, listed by […]
Employment law and the firing of FHRITP Hydro One Employee
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminVictoria Lawyer Michael Mulligan on CFAX – Legally Speaking with Pamela McCall – discussing the employment law implications of Hydro One firing an employee for making vulgar remarks to a reporter. Most non-union employees are subject to being fired by an employer, even without any legal cause, if either severance is paid or notice is given. […]
An aging inmate boom? CBA National
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminIn a pre-election announcement by the federal Conservative government changes will be made to the release process for inmates serving a second jail sentence of more than two years where the individual has previously served a jail sentence of more than five years for a violent offence. Comment by Victoria Criminal Lawyer Michael Mulligan in an […]
Criminal Lawyer Michael Mulligan – Medical Marijuana
/in Legal News /by mtp_adminVictoria BC Criminal Lawyer Michael Mulligan on Legally Speaking with Pamela McCall. The College of Physicians and Surgeons has released guidelines for doctors who prescribe medical marijuana. In the face of dozens of stores selling marijuana to people on the strength of medical referrals from individuals who are not medical doctors this may have limited […]