Welcome to another edition of Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, where we often delve into the bizarre and hilarious ways people try to trick or misuse the police, only to have their schemes backfire spectacularly. Our stories this week are sure to leave you shaking your head and perhaps even laughing out loud.
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On this late Canada Day episode, Kyla and Paul look at 2 Court of Appeal decisions and explain the impact it has on future impaired driving cases.
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Welcome to another edition of “Weird and Wacky Wednesdays”. Cellphones, hate them or love them, they’re here to stay. This week, we spotlight stories of cellphones being unexpected downfall for some and we end with what appears to be a new, strange trend in porch pirating.
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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 examines the issue of vicarious liability for police misconduct, focusing on a significant case involving the City of Saint John, New Brunswick. This class action lawsuit was filed against the city due to alleged sexual misconduct by one of its police officers, raising critical questions about employer liability and police accountability.
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On this episode Kyla and Paul talk about the surprise update from ICBC to the Alco-Sensor FST manual with relation to vaping. They also contrast the difference between Canada and U.S. witness cross-examinations.
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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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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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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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