Legal Aid Crisis in British Columbia

The Legal Aid crisis in B.C. is set to peak in early 2014, and criminal lawyers across the Province are preparing to halt services between the dates of February 17th, and March 30th of 2014. This means that Trials for offences ranging from impaired driving,...

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Animal cruelty charges on the rise in B.C.?

In recent months, we’ve seen an alarming rise in the number of reported animal cruelty cases in British Columbia. The most high profile of these cases is, without a doubt, the shocking carnage inflicted on the 100 sled dogs at a dog compound in Pemberton, B.C. This...

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RiotTV: a political stunt

This week, British Columbia's Attorney General, Shirley Bond, announced that the government would abandon the direction it gave to Crown prosecutors to make Applications to televise the legal proceedings of those accused of crimes relating to Vancouver's Stanley Cup...

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Social Media and our Justice System

I'm learning how to blog. Facebook I use mainly for social purposes. My Twitter account focuses on issues relating to my law practice. Nevertheless, social media is ever-expanding and it's hard to find a person today who isn't engaged in using social media in one way,...

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Crime & the Media

Crime and the media go together like peanut butter and jelly. Laugh, but it's true. It's almost like they need one another to exist to their fullest potential. The news without a good crime story feels incomplete. On second thought, the media needs to report on crime...

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How Fast Should the Wheels of Justice Spin?

In my last post, I briefly touched upon what was unfolding in the U.K. and the rioting that was spreading from London to many more of that country's major cities. The violence and looting that was broadcast to the world was shocking to many. There were hundreds of...

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