WE CAN’T GO BACK – It took a crisis to get here. “Presumptively remote court hearings a ‘win-win for everybody.” https://www.lawtimesnews.com/news/features/presumptively-remote-court-hearings-a-win-win-for-everybody-says-family-lawyer-russell-alexander/379317?hsmemberId={{contact.hs_object_id}}&utm_source=GA&e=ZGpyZWV2ZUBiZWxsbmV0LmNh&utm_medium=20230905&utm_campaign=LTW-Newsletter-20230905&utm_content=60340243-7A36-40AE-831C-5923AFD1310D&tu=60340243-7A36-40AE-831C-5923AFD1310D
WILL A CRIMINAL RECORD PREVENT ME FROM GAINING EMPLOYMENT? – ““The only time a criminal record should play a role in disqualifying an employee from a job application is where the type of crime is directly and rationally connected to employment,” says MacLellan. “A person convicted of defrauding the elderly should not be hired into a retirement home. A person convicted of selling opioids should not be hired into a pharmacy.” https://www.hcamag.com/ca/specialization/employment-law/can-i-ask-an-employee-about-their-criminal-history/458183
WHEN POLICE ARE SUED FOR KILLING A CIVILIAN, SHOULD THEIR IDENTITIES BE PROTECTED BY THE COURT? https://www.iheartradio.ca/ctv-news-content/i-am-afraid-police-who-killed-ont-father-seek-to-hide-their-names-from-public-in-court-1.20185548
CONSENT TO A SEXUAL ACT – Is consent vitiated if 1) the act was video recorded without the partner’s knowledge and/or 2) that recording was posted online? https://dailyhive.com/canada/sexual-assault-cameras-consent
A CAUTIONARY TALE: Don’t mess with 3D-printed guns. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/2006546/judge-denies-tuxedo-familys-request-to-end-police-curfew-checks-that-humiliated-them
IN CANADA IT’S CONSIDERED SERIOUS TO HIRE A PRIVATE DETECTIVE TO SURVEIL A JUDGE. https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/practice-areas/criminal/lawyers-involved-in-judge-surveillance-banned-from-practising-law-in-manitoba-fined-5000-each/378909
IN THE COURSE OF MY CAREER THE JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY has had a significant innovative influence upon the development and acceptance of and a provider of social services to those in need who are in conflict with the criminal justice system. https://northeastnow.com/2023/08/03/john-howard-society-launches-new-program-to-assist-people-with-criminal-records/
IN CANADA, THE POLICE CANNOT DISPARAGE THE DEFENCE LAWYER TO THEIR CLIENT – A recent Ontario drug trafficking case has collapsed after a judge found a police officer acted improperly by repeatedly disparaging defence counsel as a “gangster lawyer” who charged “crazy” fees. “To suggest that any lawyer is a ‘gangster lawyer’ is an attack not just on that lawyer but potentially all criminal defence lawyers — and that is simply wrong,” Justice Mark Edwards, the Senior Regional Judge for the Central East Region, wrote in his reasons for staying an alleged drug trafficker’s charges. Nor did the lawyer do anything to warrant the label “gangster lawyer,” he continued. https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news/ontario/ontario-drug-case-collapses-after-police-call-defence-counsel-a-gangster-lawyer/article_a22a402e-28f5-500e-b5d8-a6b15f06399e.html?li_source=LI&li_medium=politics
WHAT?! They have internet? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/state-of-burlington-courthouse-1.6928370
