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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Differences Don't Matter

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After that heavy duty look at the criminal law, I thought it might be nice to take a step back and look at things from a different angle. ...
Sunday, February 9, 2014

Pertinent and Timely Questions in Criminal Law (The Wrap Up) ~ Part III

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UPDATE: Thoughts  from some of those in the trenches (the president of the NSGEU and a retired community mental health worker) on these sort...
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Sunday, January 26, 2014

Disability and the Justice System: A First Hand Experience

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Trying to wrap your head around how well the criminal justice system deals with persons with disabilities? " I will go wherever ...
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

A Gift ... From Ken Pope

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I have been meaning to pass this on for a little while now - a Gift that dropped in my inbox last week.  And it seemed the perfect Gift to R...
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Saturday, January 18, 2014

Pertinent and Timely Questions in Criminal Law ~ Part II

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Continuing our discussion from last week on how well the criminal justice system deals with individuals with special needs, we will now loo...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Holding Their Feet to the Fire

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There was an excellent interview with Archie Kiaser regarding Nichele Benn's situation on the Global Morning Show today. Unfortunately, ...
Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Pertinent and Timely Questions in Criminal Law ~ Part I

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Given some of the events we have witnessed over the past year in Nova Scotia, this struck me as a good time to ask the question - whether  v...
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Legal Wishes For a Very Merry Christmas

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And a Very Happy New Year
Tuesday, December 10, 2013

FYI: Official Launch of Access Legal Help NS Project

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" Tuesday, December 3, marked the official launch of the Access Legal Help NS project, which offers pro bono summary advice to Nova Sco...
Sunday, December 8, 2013

Groundbreaking Ontario Human Rights Special Education Decision

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Very interesting news here: For what appears to be the first time, a Human Rights Tribunal has applied the principles set out by the Supre...
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Thursday, December 5, 2013

A Primer on ... Guardianship

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While collecting links for that last post , I came across an interesting collection (the majority of them new) of legal websites that actua...
Sunday, December 1, 2013

Decisions About Health and Personal Care: What does it take to be legally capable?

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For those interested concerned with issues around "consent" (and that should be all of us), might I suggest the recent presentati...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

A Little Not Enough

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Access to justice has become the most recent buzzword phrase in the legal community across Canada (and just happens to be a pet issue of min...