June

The Canadian Bar Association has announced that Michael Mulligan, of Mulligan Tam Pearson in Victoria, has won the 2015 Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Conference Ally Award

The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) has named Nicole LaViolette, law professor at the University of Ottawa, the winner of the 2015 Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Conference (SOGIC) Hero Award.

Geoffrey D. Creighton, recently-retired Senior Vice-President, General Counsel and Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer at IGM Financial Inc. (IGM), is the winner of the Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) 2015 Douglas Miller Award.

William (Mick) Ryan, Q.C., of Stewart McKelvey in Halifax is the recipient of the Canadian Bar Association’s 2015 Louis St. Laurent Award of Excellence that recognizes distinguished or exceptional service to the objectives and goals of the Canadian Bar Association.

University of Toronto Law Professor Stephen Waddams is the recipient of the Canadian Bar Association’s 2015 Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Law which recognizes outstanding contribution to the law or legal scholarship in Canada.

Christian Whalen, Deputy Advocate and Senior Legal Counsel with the New Brunswick Office of the Child and Youth Advocate, is the recipient of the Canadian Bar Association’s 2015 John Tait Award of Excellence. The award is presented each year to a public law or office sector lawyer who has achieved the highest standards of professional conduct and competence and made significant contributions to social justice or community affairs, and who exemplifies preeminent public service.

The RCMP has laid charges against SNC-Lavalin for corrupt practices arising out of links to projects in Libya.

As part of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) 2015 Mid-Winter Meeting of Council, a panel of experts will debate the pros and cons of whether it is time to legalize marijuana.

Children must be protected from sex offenders. But the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) says proposed federal legislation on child predators will not do that effectively. In fact, it may make some things worse.