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
Flying Squad sentencing, property tax exemption for religion, and a Gladue sentence appeal
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
A University of Victoria instructor pleaded guilty to criminal contempt for blocking a road by chaining himself to a log.
Other people who had been…
Crown bail policy, strata age and rental restrictions going and housing approval by the province
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
In response to political pressure resulting from public disorder and random assaults of strangers, BC Premier Eby announced several policy changes,…
Paralegals rather than legal aid, sentences longer that requested, and a municipal recount
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
British Columbia has had inadequate legal aid funding for family and poverty law cases for many years.
In 1992 the NDP government imposed a special …
Mental health NCRMD vs fitness for trial and Buzziak murder investigation info still secret
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
All too often, people with serious mental illnesses end up in the criminal justice system when they are not afforded adequate and sustained medical…
Criminal bail vs Mental Health Act detention
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
In the context of a judicial review of a decision to compel a patient to continue to receive antipsychotic medication against her will for many yea…
Best interest of a dog, Mink Breeders contest phasing out, and a strata fight over a deck
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
A dispute over the adoption of a dog named Maddie ended up in court after the woman who “rescued” and sold her tried to get her puppies back to sel…
A report on Repeat Offending and Random Stranger Violence in BC
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
In response to criticism from mayors and others, a report entitled A Rapid Investigation into Repeat Offending and Random Stranger Violence in Brit…
Woman gets 5.5 years for sexual assault and a School Board suspension of trustees unlawful
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
In 2008 the age at which someone can consent to sexual activity was raised from 14 to 16.
Some exceptions permit people younger than 16 to consent …
Non-pecuniary damage awards by juries and prior sexual activity cross examination
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
Non-pecuniary damages are compensation for personal injury losses that have not required the outlay of money. The purpose is to compensate injured …
BC COVID rule challenges dismissed, banishment and double jeopardy, and challenging a civil jury notice
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
Five different legal challenges to COVID-19 restrictions are all dismissed on the same day. Several of the people who launched legal challenges fai…
Promissory estoppel a farm and a $90,000 award for defamatory Google and Yelp reviews
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
Promissory estoppel is an equitable doctrine that can protect a claimant’s reasonable reliance on another person’s word. It is intended to avoid un…
Trespass damages, Caveat Emptor for a house purchase and Charter breach = reduced sentence
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
When someone trespasses on property by building or installing something on it without permission, damages can be awarded. The amount of such an awa…
The Liquor Distribution Act monopoly and termination vs abandoning a job
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
The British Columbia General Employee Union is picketing government liquor distribution centers. The explanation for this strategic choice can be f…
Different test for best interest of indigenous children, public interest standing and nuisance bamboo
The week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
When children are believed to be at risk of harm in British Columbia, they can be apprehended by the director of the Ministry of Children and Famili…
No condom = no consent, when lawyers can't quit, and unjust enrichment
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
Section 273.1(1) of the Criminal Code specifies that a person’s voluntary agreement to “engage in the sexual activity in question” is required.
Eve…
Murder during unlawful confinement, detention and right to a lawyer
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
In Canada, murder can be either first or second degree. A conviction for either kind of murder results in a mandatory life sentence. With first-deg…
Medicare Protection Act constitutional, sentencing for contempt and drugs on appeal
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
The British Columbia Medicare Protection Act purports attempts to protect Medicare by prohibiting any doctor from charging any more than what Medic…
A car dealership liable for an accident, ICBC unfairness, and a builder's lien
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
In August of 2018, two sisters were walking their dogs on Central Saanich Road in Saanich BC when a vehicle struck them. One of the women, and her …
Deck litigation, an estate without a will, and criminal jury trials almost back to normal
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
Twenty-five years ago, a man and his family moved into a home they had built in the Highlands with only a temporary occupancy permit. A final occup…
A murder conviction appeal, a ban on publication of disclosure material and a drug conviction appeal
This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan:
An appeal in a criminal case does not involve asking the judges hearing the appeal to retry the case. It’s a review of what took place at the origi…