Manitoba introduced new impaired driving laws on Monday, but one local lawyer says it’s likely the regulations could face legal challenges.
Source: Manitoba’s new impaired driving laws problematic, Winnipeg lawyer says
ALBERTA IS RESORTING TO WITHDRAWING LESS SERIOUS CHARGES DUE TO LACK OF RESOURCES – But it is also the trickle-down effect that you have to worry about.
“‘Smarter and stronger’? New law is really a cruel gutting of access to justice for the impoverished.”
MAKING THE JUSTICE SYSTEM SMARTER AND STRONGER – List of changes proposed by AG Downey in bill 161
Summary of government’s plan to ‘modernize’ Ontario’s legal framework
“When people smoke cannabis, they’re only impaired for a short, short period of time. You could have THC in your bloodstream, but you’re not a danger.”
Do zero-tolerance cannabis limits — for young drivers and police officers, for example — make sense? A new study raises doubts.
Source: Cannabis and driving study casts doubt on zero-tolerance limits for THC
DETAINED, HANDCUFFED, CHARGED AND TRIED FOR NOT HOLDING AN ESCALATOR HANDRAIL – It took the highest court of our land to denounce this conduct. “Give them power and they will use it.”
Torts – Malicious prosecution and false imprisonment – Liability of parties
Source: Reasonable police officer would not have considered failure to hold handrail to be offence
WE ARE STILL LIVING IN THE HARPER YEARS IN CRIMINAL LAW
Though receiving a strong mandate for change, the Liberals have failed to roll back the Harper criminal justice agenda.
Source: Opinion: On criminal law reform, federal Liberals earn an F
ADVICE TO YOUNG LAWYERS – STAY IN COMMUNITY
Earlier this month, I was kindly invited by Jason Morris to speak (via Skype) to his “Coding The Law” class at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law. We had a great chat on a range of topics, but one in particular stood out for me and I wanted to
Source: Law School Gets This Right. Law Practice Gets It Wrong. – Slaw
“A lack of modernization is leading to more delays in Ontario’s paper-based courts.” Paper and those damned CDs.
Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk said in her annual report that delays are increasing in the justice system, but that her office was consistently denied access to information for their audit.