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OC-62070-03Price range: $95.00 through $445.00This presentation discusses questioning strategies for examinations in chief and cross examinations. It also examines how to effectively prepare witnesses for questioning at trial. A bonus video is included. This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program in September 2018.Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
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OC-62070-02Price range: $95.00 through $445.00This presentation analyzes the stages of trial preparation, including Charter notices, subpoenas, disclosure, interviewing witnesses, negotiations, and preliminary applications. It will also review the purpose and application of trial preparation sheets. A bonus video is included. This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program in September 2018.Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
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62287.06This paper provides practical tips for drafting closing arguments and includes a sample closing argument outline. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Practice Foundations: Criminal Law program in Edmonton on October 28, 2022.
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OC-62356Price range: $95.00 through $445.00Honour based violence (HBV) is not defined in Canadian jurisprudence, except to the extent that it is often conflated with domestic violence. Understanding how to navigate matters involving HBV is important for today’s family and criminal law practitioners. This presentation explores topics such as mainstream constructions of HBV (and how they produce both false positives and false negatives), and Western examples of HBV. This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a live webinar on October 25, 2023. Total running time is 1 hour, 8 minutes.Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
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OC-62186Learn about the new Court of Appeal Management System (CAMS), a comprehensive case and document management system and an electronic filing system that provides registered users the ability to initiate an appeal, file materials, pay applicable fees electronically, and more. It digitizes and automates many of the Court’s procedures and records. Using this system, litigants and their lawyers will have online access to all of their case materials and other information about their appeals including the full text of all filed documents, deadlines, hearing dates, outcomes, and more. This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a webinar on August 20, 2021. Total running time is 2 hours, 17 minutes.Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
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62098.08This paper provides a collection of tips, strategies, and information for appellate practice in the Court of Appeal. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Appellate Advocacy program in Calgary on October 12, 2018 and in Edmonton on November 2, 2018.
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62098.04This resource provides valuable information on bringing applications before the Court of Appeal of Alberta. It provides an overview of applications before a single appeal judge and before a panel, including information on fees, timelines, filing deadlines, application formats, and types of applications. It also discusses the role of the Court of Appeal’s case management officer (CMO), and outlines how to make a request or application to the CMO. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Appellate Advocacy program in Calgary on October 12, 2018 and in Edmonton on November 2, 2018.
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61908.00These materials provide valuable, detailed pointers for the criminal defence lawyer on getting to trial, including strategies for using a systematic focus to improve case analysis, issue identification, and responding to the issues. The authors provide detailed, practical suggestions on many aspects of a criminal defence file including: analysis of the Crown’s case; reviewing the information/indictment; considering legal elements; dealing with co-accuseds; disclosure and production; elections; challenging the case to be made by the Crown; pre-trial preparations, including procedural considerations; jury versus non-jury trials; admissions; scheduling; preparing an opening address or summary; pretrial hearings; and running the trial itself, including details relating to issues of evidence. The role played by the bench on the way to trial is also discussed, outlining the relevant QB rules and forms and providing details on scheduling and holding pre-trial conferences and accessing case management. This paper was presented at the Criminal Advocacy – Trial Strategy program in April, 2014.
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61990.01The use of expert opinion evidence is increasing in Canadian criminal trials, and along with it is a growing judicial disquiet regarding the impact of such evidence on the fact-finding function within the trial process. This paper, intended as an introduction to the subject matter, consists of two parts: the first part reviews the admissibility requirements for expert opinion evidence generally; the second part focuses on practical considerations for counsel arising from the revised two-part test for admissibility endorsed by the Supreme Court of Canada in White Burgess Langille Inman v Abbott and Haliburton Co, 2015 SCC 23, [2015] 2 SCR 182. The author also provides a comparative analysis to the treatment of expert evidence in the United States throughout the paper. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Criminal Advocacy – Experts program held in Calgary on May 14, 2016 and in Edmonton on May 28, 2016.
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092.118.00Criminal Law Fundamentals is an essential resource for any criminal law practice. Prepared by leading criminal practitioners, this publication provides you with the necessary tools to navigate the criminal justice system and build your practice. Highlights include chapters on judicial interim release, classification of offences and elections, preliminary inquiries, indictments, trial, and sentencing.
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62070.09This paper provides an introduction to criminal law procedure in provincial court. It provides an overview of docket court, including elections, publication bans, and jurisdiction. It also discusses criminal trials and sentencing, and highlights procedures and relevant legislative provisions to be aware of when appearing on criminal matters in provincial court. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Criminal Procedure Fundamentals program in Calgary on September 21, 2018 and in Edmonton on September 28, 2018.
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OC-62196Join members of the judiciary and senior counsel to consider practical approaches to a number of criminal law topics. This on-demand program was originally broadcasted as a webinar on December 8, 2020. Total running time is 2 hours, 58 minutes.Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
