The automaker also stressed that the fully autonomous vehicle would emphasize safety.
Source: GM just revealed a fully autonomous electric car — and it doesn’t have a steering wheel
ANTICIPATING CHANGES TO THE CRIMINAL LAW – “Well into the second half of its mandate, the Trudeau government has a lot of work left to do.”
JUSTICE TRANSFORMATION – is obviously needed. Participate here. You may learn some things about the justice system you did not know.
Source: Justice Transformation
DECRIMINALIZATION OF DRUNK DRIVING – It’s not a bad idea but it has some issues, such as innocence and the need of proof.
Changes are coming to the way drunk drivers are policed and prosecuted in Alberta with the provincial government set to issue a directive to police that will largely decriminalize impaired driving, CBC News has learned.
Source: Drunk driving to be largely decriminalized in Alberta in 2018 – Calgary – CBC News
When a drugs bust goes wrong on the open ocean…it can go very, very wrong.
THE REID INTERROGATION TECHNIQUE- The S.C.C. described it as a “shoddy police practice … shown to be coercive and to produce false confessions.” It has resulted in a large number of false confessions and wrongful convictions. The technique is briefly laid out here.
With judicial commentary on the problematic aspects of the Reid interrogation technique going into its second decade, one may wonder why police services continue to use such questionable methods, Hamilton criminal lawyer Jeffrey Manishen tells Law Times.
Source: Judicial criticism of the Reid interrogation: a call for change
ARE TEXT MESSAGES CONFIDENTIAL?
When you send a text message do you still maintain a privacy interest in the received text? It depends. “The subject matter is not the copy of the message stored on the sender’s device, the copy stored on a service provider’s server, or the copy received on the recipient’s device that the police are after; it is the electronic conversation itself, not its components. Even where an individual does not have exclusive control over his or her personal information, only shared control, he or she may yet reasonably expect that information to remain safe from state scrutiny.”
Source: CanLII – 2017 SCC 59 (CanLII)
Personal injury lawyer with self-billed ‘golden touch’ facing misconduct allegations – IS THIS MISLEADING?
I’m really kind of curious what non-lawyers think of this.
The Law Society of Upper Canada has served Brian Goldfinger with a notice of application alleging he has “improperly marketed legal services through public advertising and his website.”
Source: Personal injury lawyer with self-billed ‘golden touch’ facing misconduct allegations | Toronto Star
RICHMOND HILL JUST SAYS NO TO RETAIL SALES OF MARIJUANA – I guess the black market will continue to thrive in Richmond Hill.
Richmond Hill council unanimously approved a motion saying the town is not a willing host of a cannabis retail location.
Trump Jr invents ‘privilege’ excuse to duck Russia questions – This is whacky and I’m surprised the committee accepted this.
TRUMP JR. INVENTS PRIVILEGE – This is whacky and I’m surprised the committee accepted this. In case you’re confused, solicitor/client privilege is one of confidentiality between a client and a lawyer in consideration of litigation. The privilege is that of the client and can be asserted only by the lawyer upon the instruction of the client. If a third party is present for the discussion, the confidentiality is breached and the privilege does not exist. There is NO privilege just because a lawyer happened to be present.
Donald Trump Jr. claimed in testimony to the House Intelligence Committee that he couldn’t answer questions about what he talked about with his father because of attorney client privilege. What?
Source: Trump Jr invents ‘privilege’ excuse to duck Russia questions | MSNBC