Self-Defence and Use of Force: Current and Emerging Issues

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Join a faculty of experts from diverse sectors of the criminal justice system who will discuss, debate and give you practical guidance on the latest developments, including:

• What constitutes a legal use of force by police officers?
• How are breaches dealt with in the criminal process and under the Police Act?
• Pros and cons of police body cameras
• Leading case law review of the implementation of the new law of self defence
• What traditional defences still exist?
• Recent decisions relating to “correction of a child” in school and at home
• How the law has evolved concerning excessive behaviour in consensual fighting in sports
• Recent trends in the “Air of Reality” Test
• Update on self-defence in domestic cases
• Capacity, Consent and volition in today’s sexual assault cases

Faculty

Chairs

• Susan M. Chapman, Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson LLP
• Ann Morgan, Deputy Director, Ministry of the Attorney General (Ontario), Office of the Crown Attorney

Keynote Luncheon Address

• The Honourable Justice Marrocco, Associate Chief Justice, Ontario Superior Court of Justice
  Self-Defence – The Reality of Today’s Litigation

• Inspector Michael Barsky, Toronto Police Service, Communications-PRIME
• Andrew Burgess, Addario Law Group
• Michael Cantlon, Crown Attorney, Ministry of the Attorney General (Ontario)
• Wayne Cunningham, Cooper, Sandler, Shime & Bergman LLP
• Sgt. Kevin Cyr, LL.M., R.C.M.P., Lower Mainland Emergency Response Team
• David Gillis, Staff Sgt.Armament Officer, Toronto Police College
• Lisa Jacek, Counsel, Crown Law Office-Criminal, Ministry of the Attorney General (Ontario)
• Asha James, Falconers LLP
• Scott Latimer, Crown Counsel Crown Law Office – Criminal, Ministry of the Attorney General (Ontario)
• Naomi Lutes, Greenspan Humphrey Lavine
• Joanne Mulcahy, Harry G. Black Professional Corporation
• Rick Nathanson, Sexual Violence Advisory Crown, Ministry of the Attorney General (Ontario)
• The Hon. Justice Ian Nordheimer, Superior Court of Justice (Ontario)
• Vincenzo Rondinelli, Lafontaine & Associates
• Peter Scrutton, Crown Counsel, Crown Law Office – Criminal, Ministry of the Attorney General (Ontario)
• Jennifer Stanton, Asst. Crown Attorney, Ministry of the Attorney General (Ontario)
• The Hon. Justice Gary Trotter, Superior Court of Justice (Ontario)
• Jill Witkin, Crown Counsel, Crown Law Office-Criminal, Ministry of the Attorney General (Ontario)
• Robert M. Wright, Asst. Crown Attorney, Ministry of the Attorney General (Ontario)

Agenda

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