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Lawyer’s Guide to the Forensic Sciences wins 2017 Walter Owen Book Prize

Filed under: Book Awards / August 18, 2017 / caitlin pakosh, forensic science, law of evidence

Irwin Law Inc. is extremely pleased to announce that the Walter Owen book prize has been awarded to The Lawyer’s Guide to the Forensic Sciences edited by Caitlin Pakosh! Pakosh will be joining the likes of our previous winners: Ed Ratushny (The Conduct of Public Inquiries, 2011), Ari Kaplan (Pension Law, 2009), and Edgar Gold, Aldo Chircop and Hugh Kindred …

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Honourable David M. Paciocco appointed a judge of the Court of Appeal for Ontario

Filed under: Author Achievements / April 7, 2017 / david paciocco, law of evidence

Irwin Law would like to congratulate the Honourable David M. Paciocco, co-author of The Law of Evidence 7/e and Jury Selection in Criminal Trials: Skills, Science, and the Law and author of Getting Away With Murder: The Canadian Criminal Justice System upon his elevation to the Court of Appeal for Ontario. “The Honourable David M. Paciocco, a judge of the …

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Tweet and win Lawyer’s Guide to the Forensic Sciences!

Filed under: Announcements / October 21, 2016 / forensic sciences, law of evidence, lawyer's guide to the forensic sciences, social media

Irwin Law will be launching The Lawyer’s Guide to the Forensic Sciences at the 44th annual Criminal Lawyers’ Association conference in Toronto this weekend. To celebrate, we’re sharing some fun Forensics Facts on Twitter throughout the week. We’re also giving away a free copy of this comprehensive and important new resource! Here’s how to enter: Follow us on Twitter Retweet …

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Beware of link rot: Karen Eltis on Legal Feeds

Filed under: In the Press / January 20, 2015 / computers and the law, karen eltis, law of evidence

Courts, Litigants and the Digital Age: Law, Ethics and Practice author Karen Eltis appeared on Legal Feeds last month to speak about the dangers of vanishing digital evidence online. Read more here.

Important Update to The Law of Evidence, 5th edition

Filed under: Announcements / September 1, 2009 / essentials of canadian law, law of evidence

On 17 July 2009, in the decisions in R. v. Grant and R. v. Harrison, the Supreme Court of Canada conducted a large scale revision of its section 24(2) jurisprudence. The mode of analysis for judging disrepute for the purposes of the section 24(2) exclusion that had previously been in use, the “Collins/Stillman framework,” was reconsidered. R. v. Stillman’s “Two-box” …

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Expert Evidence in Criminal Law and Maritime Law share book award

Filed under: Book Awards / August 22, 2005 / alan d. gold, aldo chircop, canadian maritime law, criminal law, edgar gold, essentials of canadian law, expert evidence in criminal law, forensic sciences, hugh kindred, law of evidence, maritime law

Alan D. Gold, author of Expert Evidence in Criminal Law, and Edgar Gold, Aldo Chircop and Hugh Kindred, authors of Maritime Law, are this year’s winners of the Walter Owen Book Prize. The Honourable Mr. Justice Gilles Renault called Alan D. Gold’s book “comprehensive, coherent and compelling” and added, “Expert Evidence in Criminal Law: The Scientific Approach is without doubt, …

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Three Irwin Law Books on 2005 Short List for Walter Owen Prize

Filed under: Book Awards / June 3, 2005 / alan d. gold, aldo chircop, canadian maritime law, class actions, craig jones, criminal law, edgar gold, expert evidence in criminal law, forensic sciences, hugh kindred, law of evidence, maritime law, theory of class actions

Expert Evidence in Criminal Law by Alan D. Gold, Maritime Law by Edgar Gold, Aldo Chircop and Hugh Kindred, and Theory of Class Actions by Craig Jones are on the short list for this year’s Walter Owen Book Prize. The English-language Walter Owen book prize is awarded every other year by the Foundation for Legal Research to the author(s) of …

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