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Login to watch this video if you have a subscription. Learn more about subscriptions.This topic will cover both substantive issues and professionalism content. The substantive part will involve an update regarding the caselaw as it pertains to impaired/over 80 driving. Professor Stuart will be reviewing the Liberal’s proposed legislative changes regarding mandatory demands for Approved Screening Devices, and the Charter issues this poses. Professionalism content includes:
James graduated from Queen’s Law School in 1997 and was called to the Bar in 1999. He articled with Stikeman Elliott (Ottawa) and was a litigation/competition law associate until Fall 2001. James left Stikeman to take a position with the Federal prosecution Service and was a prosecutor there until July 2007. He has been an Assistant Crown Attorney with the Crown Attorney’s Office (Ottawa) ever since. James' undergraduate honours essay in economics was titled: “The Impact of Free Agency on Major League Baseball”. James is a huge baseball fan and an avid curler.
After completing an Honours Degree in English and Philosophy from the University of Toronto in 1992, James Foord continued his studies at Queen’s University, where he obtained his Baccalaureate of Laws in 1996. James Foord has practiced criminal law since his call to the Ontario Bar in 1998. James Foord is a certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Criminal Law. His practice is focussed primarily on criminal trial and appellate advocacy; however James also represents individuals who are charged with regulatory offences and represents professionals before their disciplinary tribunals. James frequently represents individuals on appeal, both from conviction and sentence. James Foord has taught Trial Advocacy at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, and regularly presents at Continuing Legal Education programs. James is a past President of the Defence Counsel Association of Ottawa and a former Trustee of the County of Carleton Law Association.
Don Stuart was appointed to Queen’s in 1975. Prior to that he taught law at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, Osgoode Hall Law school from 1970-1971 and the University of Alberta from 1971-1974. He holds B.A. and LL.B. degrees from the University of Natal, South Africa. As a Rhodes Scholar he gained a Diploma in Criminology from Cambridge University and a D.Phil. from Oxford University, in 1973. Most of his teaching has been in the areas of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Evidence. He has authored textbooks on substantive law and on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and has co-authored three teaching books. He has been Editor-in-Chief of the Criminal Reports (a national reporting and comment service) since 1982, and Editor of the National Judicial Institute’s Criminal Essentials e-letter (going to over 1000 judges) since 2000. He was Crown Attorney in Toronto from 1988-1989. He has appeared twice in the Supreme Court of Canada. For twenty five years, he was a Board Member and sometimes President of the John Howard Society of Kingston.
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