This week, Kyla Lee and Paul Doroshenko break down the fallout from BC’s government strike and the chaos now hitting RoadSafetyBC’s Immediate Roadside Prohibition system – from rushed hearings to missing disclosure and mounting Charter violations.
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Episode 426: IRP Chaos, Strike Fallout, and the Case That Won’t End Read More »
Our Soapbox Social panelists, Mo Amir and Kyla Lee, join us to discuss the aftermath of an information session discussing the future of reconcilliation and property ownership in our province after the landmark Cowichan decision.Share Show
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This week the World Series is reminding everyone how creative competitive minds can be. When the pressure is on, players and coaches look not just for skill advantages but for rule advantages. Baseball, like law, evolves by closing loopholes that someone clever exploited first.
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The Canadian Bar Association’s National Magazine has covered WiCCD’s Executive’s appearance on their podcast “Verdicts and Voices” in which Hamna Anwar, Kyla Lee and I were interviewed by award winning journalist Alison Crawford.
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anitaszigeti.com – The Sisterhood of Gender Sellouts Read More »
There aren’t many women criminal defence lawyers in Canada who specialize in impaired driving cases, but Kyla Lee of Acumen Law in Vancouver is one of them.
Working in a male-dominated field means she faces criticism that her male colleagues don’t seem to.
“It’s so much easier for people to attack us for defending people facing these offences, because you can call us ‘scum’ who put killers back on the road,” Lee, the past chair of the CBA’s criminal justice section, told the Verdicts and Voices podcast recently.
…CBA National: The sisterhood of ‘gender sellouts’Read More »
CBA National: The sisterhood of ‘gender sellouts’ Read More »
The B.C. government is quietly changing legislation that is at the centre of a class action lawsuit making its way through the courts.
The suit, filed in 2020, alleges that the province is illegally using ICBC to tax people for health-care costs by essentially double-dipping on MSP premiums.
The suit says the practice has cost ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars and driven up insurance costs for decades.
…Global News: B.C. government quietly changing legislation at centre of ICBC, MSP lawsuitRead More »
Global News: B.C. government quietly changing legislation at centre of ICBC, MSP lawsuit Read More »
The Edmonton Police Service’s recent attack on Crown counsel is not merely a lapse in judgment. It is an alarming act of institutional arrogance that strikes at the heart of our justice system. By publicly condemning a manslaughter plea and threatening to release evidence in a case they believe should have resulted in a first-degree murder conviction, the police have stepped far outside their lawful role. This behaviour is reckless, unconstitutional, and a direct threat to the rule of law.
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Edmonton Police Commit a Dangerous Assault on Justice Read More »
While the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act (GSDOA) ensures immunity from charges for simple drug possession during an overdose, the Supreme Court of Canada says that protection must also extend to arrests.
That’s the finding of a 6-3 decision, which also determined that the search conducted after the arrest in the case before the court was unlawful.
…Kyla Lee in The CBA National: Supreme Court of Canada clarifies Good Samaritan lawRead More »
Kyla Lee in The CBA National: Supreme Court of Canada clarifies Good Samaritan law Read More »
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 discusses a manslaughter case in which the accused argued that his severe drug addiction at the time of the offence should be considered a mitigating factor at sentencing. The court rejected the argument, ruling that addiction was not a basis for reduced moral blameworthiness. The Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear the case, missing a key opportunity to clarify the role addiction plays in sentencing and whether it should be treated as a mental health condition that lessens moral culpability.
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The federal government has tabled legislation targeting repeat violent offenders, earning praise from some and skepticism from others.
…Kyla Lee – CTV News: Province welcomes federal bail reformRead More »
Kyla Lee – CTV News: Province welcomes federal bail reform Read More »
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