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Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Volume Twenty Eight

This week on the Weird and Wacky Wednesday legal roundup, the BC Supreme Court gives some pretty helpful guidance on how not to import a car to China. Then, we examine just how a cartoon character can be issued a speeding ticket and arrested. Finally, we see that the use of emojis has finally started to trickle its way into our court system, and discuss how this evidence will be interpreted in cases to come.

All this after the jump!

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Effective Representation of Indigenous Clients: 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 the effective representation of Indigenous clients.

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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Driving Law with Kyla Lee: Episode 33

This week on the Driving Law Podcast, I speak with Paul Doroshenko of Acumen Law Corporation about Acumen Law Corporation’s big win in BC Supreme Court. Then, we talk about the case of a West Vancouver Police Department officer caught sexting, and how that managed to impact some immediate roadside prohibition cases. Finally, we go over the changes to ICBC’s advertising budget, which has been significantly cut.

You can listen online on SoundCloud, PlayerFM, or subscribe on iTunes!

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Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Volume Twenty Seven

This is a great week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays. First up, we have a major police blunder that results in a fistfight in the street. Then, the worst wedding day of all time that gets even weirder the more you look into what happened. And finally, we end with a woman who is now suing the Georgia Police after she was wrongfully arrested for having cotton candy. Find out the details of these cases by clicking through below!

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Veteran Compensation: 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 veteran compensation.

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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Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Volume Twenty Six

This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, we move a little closer to home where we examine a strange recurring phenomenon in British Columbia: poop throwing. Then, we look at one of the more creative defences in a sexual assault trial that was recently rejected by an Ontario court. Finally, we kick things back into our neighbours to the south, looking at a Philadelphia prank gone horribly, horribly wrong.

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Non-lawyers Practicing Law: 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 non-lawyers practicing law.

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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Driving Law with Kyla Lee:

This week on the Driving Law Podcast, I speak with Paul Doroshenko of Acumen Law Corporation about the new regulation introduced in BC that will limit the ability of some trucks to use the left lane on the Coquihalla highway. Then, we talk about how a judge will decide whether a canoe is a vessel within the meaning of the Criminal Code. Finally, we hash out (hah!) the impact of cannabis legalization, one month after legalization has happened.

You can listen online on SoundCloud, PlayerFM, or subscribe on iTunes!

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Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Volume Twenty Five

This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, we take a look at how one of those funny-fake-names pranks can go horribly awry. Then, we examine two unusual thefts, where unlikely items were taken in unlikelier circumstances. So read on and be prepared to entertain yourself with the never-ending world of weird and wacky criminal activity.

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Driving While Prohibited – What Are the Defences?

Driving while prohibited cases are notoriously easy for the Crown to prove. They are very difficult to defend, and require special knowledge of the Motor Vehicle Act’s unique and intertwined provisions relating to service and reliance on notices, certificate evidence and its admissibility, and what constitutes a road or a highway.

This blog post breaks down some of the more readily available defences to driving while prohibited cases.

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