Welcome to Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn’t! This week, lawyer Kyla Lee discusses the invasion of privacy.
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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It’s the Driving Law Roadshow, coming from the DUI Defense Lawyers Association (DUIDLA) 2019 Fall Seminar in San Diego, California.
Kyla Lee was awarded the 2019 BadAss Award at the event – the highest honour DUIDLA bestows. …
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A recent series of tweets from VPD officer Sandra Glendinning has renewed calls for child endangerment laws related to impaired driving in British Columbia. MADD Canada, pointing to provinces like Manitoba and Nova Scotia, says that people who are caught driving while impaired with children in their vehicle should face stiffer penalties.
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This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, we look at an Ontario man who took the term “mobile home” too far. Then we fly over to Florida to hear about a couple who chose a peculiar location to be intimate – the back of a police car. Finally, we hear about a police officer who looked the other way during a triple shooting at a party.
More after the jump. …
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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 cruel and unusual punishment or treatment.
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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The Ridiculous Driver of the Week sparks a discussion about driving without due care and attention. Kyla Lee and Paul Doroshenko speak about a BC driver who was convicted after police caught her driving and eating food with chopsticks at the same time.
Not all provinces require police officers to provide evidence of testing speed monitoring devices are functioning properly before a shift. Should this be acceptable? …
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This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, we look at the case of a rooster who successfully defended himself in court. Then we examine what happens when a couple makes off with $120,000 in accidental money. Finally, we consider one of the stupidest and most unfair defences ever to be written into the law.
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A few weeks ago, we tested Kikkoman Soy Sauce to see if it could cause a fail on a breathalyzer. Now, we are testing another Kikkoman product to find out if you can fail a breathalyzer with teriyaki sauce.
In “Can You Fail It?”, we put everyday household items to the test to ask, Can You Fail It? That is, can you give a false positive reading on an approved screening device (ASD) after consuming it.
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A recent CBC story shed light on a shameful practice in other provinces involving speeding tickets. Apparently, despite the fact that speeding tickets are issued on a regular basis and can have devastating consequences for drivers, some police forces in Canada have done away with the need to perform calibration checks of RADAR devices before court.
But checking RADAR calibration and functioning is fundamental to good practice in issuing speeding tickets. And here’s why. …
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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 the limitation of actions.
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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