Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
In July, I wrote about the importance of expert witnesses in sexual assault trials. I referred specifically to the appeal by musician Jacob Hoggard, in which his lawyers argued that the trial judge improperly allowed expert evidence to be heard Continue reading Unappealing decision
On the first day of the CKW inquest, Malcolm Warmerdam, the son of one of the three women whose murders were under review, urged the jury not to think of the man who had killed his mother as a monster. Continue reading The circle is broken
As I wrote here in February, the House of Commons is considering whether or not to criminalize coercively controlling behaviours. Coercive control is an umbrella term that describes a pattern of behaviours – including psychological, financial and other forms of Continue reading To criminalize or not (part 2)
As I wrote last week, mandatory charging policies intended to protect survivors of intimate partner violence have proven to be highly problematic. Despite police training on domestic violence and attempts to ensure that they focus on identifying the primary aggressor, Continue reading Time for a review, part two