Welcome to another edition of “Weird and Wacky Wednesdays.” This week we spotlight drivers who clearly should not be behind the wheel. Sometimes it’s bad decisions, sometimes it’s bad programming but in each case, there is the possibility of spiritual growth.
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B.C.’s new Legal Profession Act received royal assent and became law last month despite strong opposition from the province’s law society and bar association.
The legislation establishes a single regulatory body for lawyers, paralegals and notaries, and a new category of regulated paralegals who can handle certain legal cases on their own. The scope of notaries public will also be broadened to include more day-to-day legal matters.
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Today on Radio NL News Mornings with Jeff Andreas: The Legal Profession Act Read More »
Welcome to “Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn’t!” In this episode, Acumen Law Corporation lawyer Kyla Lee explores the complexities of anti-SLAPP litigation through the case of Ahmed Bouragba and the Ontario College of Teachers. This case examines the impact of anti-SLAPP laws on defamation litigation and the strategic use of these laws to protect public protest.
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When it comes to drug-impaired driving, it is important to understand the science behind how different substances impact driving abilities. Contrary to popular belief, not all drugs impair driving skills in the same way. Methamphetamine, for instance, does not impair driving-related psychomotor skills and, in some cases, may even improve them.
Our drug-impaired driving laws in Canada should seriously be reconsidered. As we are more than five years past the creation of drug-impaired driving per se limits, the science and the extremely low and limited number of these charges should dictate how we move forward from here.
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Wait, Meth Doesn’t Impair Driving? A Call for Science-Based Drug Driving Read More »
On this episode, Kyla and Paul talk about the society’s attitude towards justice. They go over technical mistakes on tickets and the new gig economy minimum wage.
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The location of an offence is not always an essential component of a charging document, provided that the document provides sufficient specificity as to the location to satisfy the amount of detail required under the relevant legislation. Where the document is sufficiently specific, the court will conclude that the person accused of the alleged offence is not prejudiced by an unfair trial in which they do not know the case they will have to meet.
In a recent BC Supreme Court case, the violation ticket provided sufficient information, although to a less precise degree than the Appellant argued was needed, to pinpoint a unique intersection at which the alleged offence occurred. As such, the Appellant had sufficient notice of the case he needed to meet.
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When Can a Mistake on a Ticket Invalidate the Ticket? Read More »
Welcome to another wild ride on “Weird and Wacky Wednesdays,” where we cruise through the craziest car-related capers that will leave you rubbernecking in disbelief. This week, we’re spotlighting some outrageous automotive antics. We start with a bride-to-be’s high-flying mattress moving mishap in Utah, then we learn of a Florida woman who called 911 on herself while trying to steal a car and we conclude with a YouTuber’s explosive Lamborghini stunt that landed him in hot water.
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Welcome to Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn’t! This week, lawyer Kyla Lee discusses Judicial Activism…
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.
…Drivers in British Columbia now have to meet minimum distances between their vehicle and people walking or riding on the road.
“On it’s surface, this legislation is a good thing. It’s going to ostensibly reduce the number of road deaths, especially between vehicles and the most vulnerable people on the roads – motorcycles, bicycles, animals and pedestrians.”
“It’s going to be pretty much impossible to enforce… if anyone gets a ticket for this, they’re going to want to dispute it… But the officer is not going to be able to say and prove beyond a reasonable doubt…”
Vancouverites can spend a day at Wreck Beach in the nude, but they could face more than raised eyebrows for doing it at other beaches in the city.
According to the Canadian Criminal Code section 174, no one can be nude, without lawful excuse, in a public space or on private property while exposed to public view; it doesn’t matter if the property is their own or not.
Anyone nude in public view is “guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.”
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