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
Religious oaths in court, a poisoned blueberry farm, and Police Act staffing requirements
In British Columbia witnesses who are testifying in court are required to choose between swearing a religious oath, or making an affirmation, to tell the truth.
Children under 14 are only asked to pr…
Education removed from list of essential services prior to the Saanich school strike, funding for poverty law clinics, and litigation over law school naming rights
With Saanich schools closed for a third week as a result of a strike, 2019 amendments to the Labour Relations Code are discussed. These amendments removed a specific provision that declared “the prov…
Saanich School Strike and the Labour Relations Code, Limitation Periods for Criminal Cases, and Credit Union Class Action for Overdraft Fees
After almost two weeks Saanich schools are still closed as a result of a strike by support staff.
Support staff are seeking a wage increase to match other school districts. The support staff ended up …
Foreign Buyers' Tax discrimination and unconstitutional limits on experts in ICBC cases
Canada, and British Columbia, have a very unfortunate history of racist legislation intended to restrict Chinese immigration. This includes the Chinese Immigration Act (1885), which imposed a head ta…
Publication Bans, Judicial Recounts, Extradition, and Distracted Driving by an Interlock Device
A new BC Supreme Court policy concerning bans on publication, and closed courtrooms, permits automatic notification of applications for the media as well as a web site listing publication bans, to ma…
Diplomatic Immunity, Parking Immunity, and Legal Aid Funding
Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan
Diplomatic Immunity – The wife of a US diplomat killed a British teenager in a car accident but was able to avoid prosecution and leave the UK as a result of dip…
An illegal arrest of a protester, a judge shooting himself in a courtroom, and a vacation rental injunction
Legally Speaking with Victoria Lawyer Michael Mulligan on CFAX 1070.
A new Supreme Court of Canada case, Fleming v. Ontario, concluded that the police did not have the authority to arrest a protester …
Federal Offender Security Clarification overrides, a Death Midwife, and NCRMD findings
Legally Speaking with Victoria Lawyer Michael Mulligan on CFAX 1070
Issues discussed include overrides of federal prisoner security classifications which result in inmates classified as medium securit…
Jury deliberations and Special Costs in a disability income case
Legally Speaking with Victoria Lawyer Michael Mulligan on CFAX 1070
Issues discussed include jury deliberations, sequestration, the fact that the substance of jury deliberations are secret in Canada, …
$2 million in cash to be returned, another Trans Mountain Pipeline appeal, and why not to be your own lawyer
The British Columbia Director of Civil Forfeiture ordered to return $2 million in cash that was seized as part of the largest money-laundering case in BC history, due to misconduct at an ex parte hea…
CFAX 60th Anniversary Special
CFAX 1070 60th Anniversary Special - retrospective on 60 years of CFAX 1070 in Victoria, BC and themes from past episodes including legal aid funding and the importance of meaningful explanations of …