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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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. …
Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Volume Sixty-Nine Read More »
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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Ontario says it just wants to make it more convenient for drivers. But criminal defence lawyer Kyla Lee warns that allowing the police to verify insurance information on a smartphone might open you up to abuses of your rights.
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Kyla: “My advice would be not to do it. It is incredibly foolish to give police access to as much personal information as you keep on your phone–particularly if that information could in any way incriminate you of just make an officer suspicious…”
Listen to the full story here.
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Sex crimes against children rose a staggering 400 per cent in Surrey between 2012 and 2018, according to a report highlighted by the RCMP on Tuesday.
Vancouver lawyer Kyla Lee told Postmedia News that one explanation for the increase was that police were putting more resources into child sex crimes, particular with the advent of the internet and access to chat-rooms and message boards.
The Province: Huge increase in sex crimes against children reported in Surrey Read More »
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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This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays we look at a case where the British police jumped to a conclusion far too quickly in a so-called major drug bust. Then, we look at an argument over roofing supplies that ended in a six-year-long litigation. Finally, we consider the important area of food law and whether it is wise to sue when a chicken sandwich is sold out.
Follow the jump and read more of this week’s weirdest and wackiest legal stories. …
Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Volume Sixty Seven Read More »
A visitor to McDonalds clearly wasn’t “lovin’ it” this week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays. Also, there’s a customs horror story from – where else? – the United States. And finally, has there been the first-ever case of a crime committed in space?
It sounds like a case for Doctor Who. …
Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Volume Sixty-Six Read More »
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