Canadian Lawyer

April 2013

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this month eXCluSivelY on Regional wRap-up mag.com Get information on the latest legal trends, practice management, careers, insights into practice areas, and more. . . Human Rights . . . Here & There The Accidental Mentor university of ottawa law school���s Sonya Nigam���s column on human rights and international law. April 8 Lee Akazaki���s column o���ers useful mentorship advice for young lawyers. April 8 Financial Adviser Trial by Fire Financial planner Alan Acton helps lawyers better manage their hard-earned money. April 8 Margaret Waddell ruminates on issues of import and interest to litigators. April 8 Associate Lindsay Scott shares the ups and downs of learning on the job. April 15 Class Acts David Paul���s Field Notes Kirk Baert���s column takes a critical look at class action litigation across the country. April 22 tips for the solo and small ���rm from B.C.���s David Paul. April 15 Letter from Law Law Land webTV wit and wisdom from vancouver���s Tony Wilson. April 22 TV Making Rain executive coach Debra Forman���s video column on career and business development. April 29 April 2013 www.CANADIAN L a w ye r m a g . c o m S Halifax lawyer Mike Taylor represented Jeffrey Paul Delisle. ub-Lt. Jeffrey Paul Delisle will have a lot of time to ponder a unique piece of Canadian legislation: the Security of Information Act. It was the use of that law ��� for the first time in this country ��� that landed Delisle behind bars for 20 years after being found guilty of breach of trust and communicating information to a foreign entity. Delisle���s saga is well known inside and outside legal circles. It was front-page news for months following the Halifax navy officer���s arrest for selling national secrets to the Russians and his subsequent guilty plea. That���s old news now, but legal scholars, Crown prosecutors, and criminal defence counsel are looking closely at the precedent Chief Judge Patrick Curran of the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia set when he sentenced, under the act, Delisle to two decades in a federal prison. There seems little doubt this was the correct law to apply in this case. ���I think the act was definitely designed for this use as there is really no other legislation that can be used to address this type of charge properly,��� Mike Taylor, an associate with Press�� Mason in Halifax who represented Delisle, told Canadian Lawyer. Certainly the choices were limited. ���The Crown might have opted for treason, under the Criminal Code, but that offence is older and less traveled these days. Also, the only part of it that they might have used would have required the DEVAAN INGRAHAm/REUTERS Stephen Mabey examines the thorny issues facing law ���rm management. April 15 6 FIRST SENTENCE HANDED DOwN UNDER SECURITY OF INFORmATION ACT Trials & Tribulations De���nitely Mabey atlantiC

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