Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan
Legal news and issues with lawyer Michael Mulligan on CFAX 1070 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 271
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Clerk of BC Legislative Assembly has one charge quashed, BCCA finds holding includes with your leg, and a Cathay Pacific class action
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
The former Clerk of the BC Legislative Assembly, Craig James, was successful in having one of the charges he was facing dismissed.
Mr. James was ch…
Church vs City freedom of expression, anti-SLAPP in the BCCA, and Métis heritage in sentencing
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
The City of New Westminster cancelled a meeting room rental that had been booked by The Redeemed Church of God for a "Youth Conference".
The City o…
Fair Creek blockade and the Criminal Code, surveillance of a judge, and a ticket info site
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
A City of Victoria Councillor was caught on video offering money to a tow truck driver and arguing with an RCMP office, in an unsuccessful attempt …
Surrogate mother claims affair and seeks child, Statue, church and totem sentencing, and s. 96 courts
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
After accepting $40,000 for expenses, a surrogate mother is asking to be declared the mother of a four-year-old, and obtain access to the child, on…
18-year sentence for an abused woman who killed her husband, SCC Chief Administrator, Hong Kong legal system
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
In 1976, when Canada eliminated the death penalty for murder, the compromise was a mandatory life sentence for people convicted of murder.
One of t…
Subway vs Budway, Highlands mine in the BCCA, and privacy vs open courts
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
Budway, a Vancouver marijuana store, has been using a logo similar to the Subway sandwich logo. Budway also had a mascot in the form of a submarine…
Criminal contempt controlled by the court and not AG, oil tank leak bill is okay, and the SCC on child support
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
The BC Supreme Court has inherent jurisdiction to control its own process. This includes the authority to find people who breach court orders to be…
False sexual assault claim gets a discharge and an accused person is not required to explain why a complainant would lie
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
Annaca Kobayashi, a 19-year-old woman from Langford, falsely reported to the police that a young man she knows had threatened her with a knife and …
Big Newf and duress, 11 years for carfentanil trafficking, and an increased award for firing an articling student
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
Duress is a defence, sometimes referred to as an excuse, for the commission of a criminal offence.
The rationale for the defence is the idea of mor…
Miscellaneous but important amendments, and the BC COVID-19 data leak
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Acts have, perhaps, the least exciting names imaginable.
Sometimes, however, these acts bundle together legal chan…
Joint sentencing submissions, prosecutorial immunity, and absolute privilege
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
Many criminal cases are resolved by way of joint sentencing submissions by Crown and defence counsel.
This means that the accused person is agreein…
Police COVID roadblocks, Quarantine Act breached by Flat Earth conference attendee, and Small Claims online
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
The BC Government has proposed police roadblocks to enforce travel restrictions between health authorities, in order to reduce the spread of COVID-…
Fraudulent mass mailing search warrant, bulk COVID adjournments and unsightly garbage bin acquittal
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
The USA and Canada have a treaty that provides for mutual legal assistance in the investigation of criminal matters.
Pursuant to this treaty, the M…
Duty to defend metal in eye of NHL goalie, 13kg of heroin in the trunk, and a $90K telephone scam
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
In August of 2015, Mr. Upton was attempting to straighten a bent metal plate from the steering mechanism of his 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air. He had remo…
Home theft by title fraud, defamation for false claim of sexual abuse on Facebook, child support and bankruptcy
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
Land title fraud can result in the loss of your home. Efforts to fraudulently impersonate property owners have increased along with the use of rem…
A fraudulent conveyance voided, Johnson & Johnson sued over a blood clot, and sealed Buziak documents
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
In 2003 there was a coastal forestry worker strike in BC. It involved thousands of employees and multiple unions. After three weeks the strike was …
Wrongful dismissal damages, police officer's $1.5M ICBC claim denied and Civil Resolution Tribunal patently unreasonable
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
Mr. Eisler was born in 1932. He left school at age 14 and started work as a farmer and shepherd. By age 18 he was working in the Alberta oil fields…
US Billionaire vs a fish and game club, BC firearm legislation and a will after separation
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
The Douglas Lake Cattle Company is the largest cattle range in Canada. It is owned by US billionaire Stan Kroenke, who also owns the Colorado Avala…
The Civil Resolution Tribunal vs s. 96 of the Constitution and no hat for a Pastafarian
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
To ensure their independence, Superior Court Judges hold office on good behavior, until age 75, and can only be removed by the Governor General on …
BC refused interim injunction for churches breaking COVID rules and BCCA splits over electric bikes
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
Several churches in the Fraser Valley have been refusing to comply with COVID-19 health rules and have been conducting in-person services.
The chur…