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
Fake doctor goes to jail, good faith and expected profit, default judgment, and decriminalizing drugs
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
What happens when someone, repeatedly, pretends to be a medical doctor, despite repeated injunctions and fines being imposed? They go to jail.
The …
Gladue and bail, consent and medical malpractice, and banishment
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
In 1999 the Supreme Court of Canada, in a case called Gladue, set out principles to be considered when indigenous people are involved in the crimin…
A Google Class Action Settlement and Murder vs Manslaughter
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
Google has agreed to settle a Canadian Class Action based on an alleged breach of privacy arising from the collection and transmission of Android s…
Confusing COVID-19 orders cause family law issues, and a murder conviction vs private Law Society documents
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
A BC Supreme Court Judge describes the BC COVID-19 public health orders as “fraught with inconsistency and ambiguity” and that it’s “not surprising…
Notice of records in sexual assault cases unconstitutional, forfeiture of money for bail breaches, and radar speed evidence
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
The Supreme Court of Canada has granted the Crown leave to appeal a BC Supreme Court decision that found a new law that required people accused of …
Public Health Act enforcement, duty of honest performance, and a solitary confinement class action
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
Provisions of the British Columbia Public Health Act allow for the enforcement of public health orders by means other than the imposition of fines.…
Collecting COVID fines while mailing out cheques, recounts in BC vs USA, pronouns in court and for judges
Rather than using collection agencies to collect COVID-19 related fines, the province of BC shouldn’t be sending $1,000 COVID-19 benefits to people who have outstanding fines for breaching orders of …
Joe Arvay - Remembering his contributions from Little Sisters to Hells Angels
Renowned constitutional lawyer Joe Arvay passed away unexpectedly at the age of 71. Over the course of a remarkable career focused on public interest constitutional litigation he had a profound impac…
Mr. Big confessions, a gesturing juror appeal, and slow notice of COVID-19 at the Surrey courthouse
Mr. Big investigations involve tricking a suspect into believing they are being recruited into a fictitious criminal organization. Often a large number of undercover RCMP officers are involved.
Typica…
U.S. billionaire appeals fishing access to his giant B.C. ranch, no access to reproductive material after death, and a sexual assault appeal
The Douglas Lake Ranch is the largest private landholding in British Columbia. It’s owned by Stan Kroenke, a US billionaire who also owns the NHL’s Colorado Avalanche and the NFL’s L.A. Rams.
The ran…
Wrongful conviction for double murder overturned, new family court rules, and Delta Hospice Society medical assistance in dying
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
In 1983 Tomas Yebes was convicted by a Vancouver jury of murdering his two adopted sons, ages 6 and 7. The conviction was upheld by the BC Court of…
Unreasonable refusal of racetrack expansion, join submissions for sentencing and criminal charges started by a vexatious litigant
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
The Municipality of North Cowichan’s decision to refuse approval for the expansion of the Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit is found to be unrea…
Protection against cruel punishment not for corporations, no annulment after wedding day separation and ICBC stores 518 acid damages cars
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
For some legal purposes, corporations are treated like people: they can enter into contracts, own property, engage in litigation, and be charged wi…
Dangerous Driving Causing Bodily Harm sentencing, a separation agreement with life insurance and Aeroplan points, and a COVID-19 limitation period case
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
Sentencing considerations for dangerous driving causing bodily harm: why do we sentence someone who drives dangerously and has an accident that cau…
Vote counting controversy resolved in court, an acquittal on an attempted murder charge, and alleging perjury results in special costs
This week on legally speaking with Michael Mulligan:
While attempting to count ballots cast for the election of a board of directors for the Shon Yee Benevolent Association things went sideways when w…
Fathers unsuccessful in obtaining an injunction for increased COVID-19 school safety and a distracted driving conviction for wearing earbuds plugged into a dead iPhone
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
Two fathers with children and family members that have pre-existing medical conditions were unsuccessful in an application for an interim injunctio…
ICBC no fault insurance and the Civil Resolution Tribunal
The mandatory ICBC no-fault insurance system that has been proposed for British Columbia is intended to save money by no longer spending time determining who was at fault in an accident.
Someone who c…
Election Act voting requirements for mail in ballots, and third party advertising rules
Because the British Columbia provincial election was called suddenly none of the political parties have candidates nominated in all ridings. As a result of COVID-19, many people have also requested m…
The Lascelles Principles - when a Premier or PM can't demand an election, an annulment for impotence and a false claim to inherit a house
The premier of a province doesn’t actually have the authority to call an election. Authority to dissolve the legislature and call an election resides with the Lieutenant Governor.
Ordinarily, the Lieu…
COVID-19 school disputes, parenting coordinators, reports from trial judges for appeals, management fees and interest
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
As schools attempt to reopen for in-person instruction, amidst increasing COVID-19 infection rates, disputes between separated parents over sending…