July 2024

The Role of Crown Counsel: 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!”
In this episode, Kyla Lee from Acumen Law Corporation explores the crucial legal issue of the role of Crown Counsel and potential conflicts of interest. The episode focuses on a case in Saskatchewan where a Crown Counsel lawyer, also practicing civil plaintiff work, faced allegations of conflict of interest for advancing a lawsuit against a professional facing disciplinary action.

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Today on Radio NL News Mornings with Jeff Andreas: B.C. couple fined for using doorbell camera speaker to shout ‘insults and profanity’ at neighbours

Owners of a B.C. townhome caused a nuisance when they used the speaker feature on their doorbell camera to yell “profanity and insults” at their neighbours, the province’s civil resolution tribunal has ruled.

Hon Wing Chan and Hung Angela Cheung were disputing $900 in by-law fines for violating a bylaw against unreasonable noise, according to a decision in the case posted online Friday.  In B.C. the common assets of condos and townhouse complexes are owned by a strata corporation and managed by a strata council, which sets out bylaws…

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Today on Radio NL News Mornings with Jeff Andreas: B.C. woman ordered to pay ex $450 for Coldplay tickets

A British Columbia woman has been ordered to pay her former romantic partner $450 for her ticket to attend a Coldplay concert together on what she said she believed was a date.

But the province’s Civil Resolution Tribunal says in a ruling that there was no evidence Michael Stolfi intended the ticket to be a gift to Alyssa Randles, and that instead it was a loan that the woman had to repay.

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Totality Principle in Sentencing: 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!” In this episode, Acumen Law Corporation lawyer Kyla Lee discusses the principle of totality in sentencing through the case of Mr. Simeunovich, who faced charges for driving while disqualified while already serving a sentence for criminal negligence.

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Kyla Lee on CBC’s On The Coast with Mo Amir: Soapbox Social: Will overhaul address death of Indigenous children in foster care?

Our Soapbox Social panel, podcast host Mo Amir and Vancouver criminal lawyer Kyla Lee, discuss B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth Jennifer Charlesworth’s call for an overhaul of the provincial child welfare system, three years after foster parents beat to death an 11-year-old Indigenous boy in their care.

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