Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
My partner and I have spent a lot of time recently thinking about whether to stay in the house we have lived in for the past 11 years or sell it and move on to something different. There’s a lot Continue reading Grand designs
“The criminal trial process can be invasive, humiliating and degrading for victims of sexual offences, in part because myths and stereotypes continue to haunt the criminal justice system.” So begins an important Supreme Court of Canada decision released on June Continue reading Some good news
Inquest juries in Ontario are required to answer five questions after listening to the evidence presented to them. Those questions are: Who died? When? Where? How? What was the manner of death? (natural causes, accident, homicide, suicide, undetermined) They are Continue reading And so it ends
After hearing from witnesses for 14 days, asking lots of questions and reading volumes of materials, on Friday afternoon the inquest jurors heard for the last time from the lawyers for the parties, Valerie Warmerdam (Nathalie’s daughter, who has been Continue reading We hope (part four)