May 2024

Kyla in The CBA National: Judges need to ensure language rights are respected

The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed that the right to a trial in one’s official language of choice is of such importance that a judge’s failure to ask an accused what language they want their trial conducted in at first instance is enough of an error of law that it is reviewable on appeal, as it taints the court proceeding.

In the case at hand, Franck Yvan Tayo Tompouba, a bilingual Francophone, was convicted of sexual assault following a trial conducted in English in the Supreme Court of British Columbia. It wasn’t until he appealed that he asserted for the first time that he wanted his trial conducted in French.

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Fraudulent Court Orders: Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn’t!

Welcome to Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn’t! This week, lawyer Kyla Lee discusses Fraudulent Court Orders…

Acumen Law Corporation lawyer Kyla Lee gives her take on a made-in-Canada court case each week and discusses why these cases should have been heard by Canada’s highest court: the Supreme Court of Canada.

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What are the most common traffic tickets in BC? 

The most common traffic tickets in BC are speeding tickets, distracted driving tickets, and tickets for not complying with driver’s license restrictions. All of these tickets carry significant consequences in terms of fines, possible insurance rate increases, and driver penalty points. 

In this blog post we break down some of the most common tickets and how they can be defended. 

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Kyla on CBC: What will Vancouver get from hosting 7 World Cup games?

Podcast host Mo Amir and Vancouver criminal lawyer Kyla Lee weigh in on the latest $581-million estimate for Vancouver to host seven FIFA Men’s World Cup soccer games in Vancouver in 2026. They also discuss what’s next for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and the impact of the ongoing closure of London Drugs stores.

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Kyla Lee on CBC’s On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko: Soapbox Social: What will Vancouver get from hosting seven World Cup games for $581M?

Mo Amir, host of the podcast This is VANCOLOUR, and Kyla Lee, a Vancouver criminal lawyer for Acumen Law Corporation, weigh in on the latest $581M estimate for Vancouver hosting seven FIFA games in 2026, what’s next for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, and the impact of the ongoing closure of London Drugs stores.

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Kyla Lee on CBC’s On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko: Soapbox Social: What will Vancouver get from hosting seven World Cup games for $581M? Read More »

Debunking the Myth: Cannabis Legalization Increases Impaired Driving

When steps were taken to legalize cannabis in Canada, one of the most persistent concerns raised by critics was the potential increase in drug-impaired driving incidents. However, the risk never seemed to manifest. Law enforcement and legislators credit harsh drug-impaired driving laws and new detection methods, but the number of drug impaired driving cases to hit our courts does not seem to support this assumption. 

So does legalization actually cause an increase in the number of drug-impaired driving incidents? 

Recent research suggests it does not, and it sheds light on the complexities of the issue and reveals a more nuanced reality.

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Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Volume 295

Deception to commit crimes has gone high tech in the last decades. When photocopiers were invented, it was clear that this then-new technology would open the door for clever criminals to commit clever crimes. As AI becomes commonplace, I suppose we can expect clever criminals to use it to commit crimes. But not all criminals are clever as we are reminded in the crime stories we cover this week.

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