Liam Thompson

Criminal defence lawyer with @wilkinsonlegal | @utlaw graduate. Views own, can be yours too. Likes/RTs ≠ endorsements. He/Him.

[chantal hébert @ChantalHbert]

Text of speech here: The Carney doctrine https://t.co/hHXYIkhBaF

[GSU @GsuGrinding]

Also there’s a decent chance the client that got wrecked will thank you for the rest of their life and the one you pulled off a miracle for will file a bar complaint.

[David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙 @TheLawofWork]

Liberals have really screwed up collective bargaining in federal sector.

“Intervention Expectation” is my newly coined phrase. Going in my textbooks.

Now parties weigh every proposal against whether they’d likely do better if arbitration is imposed. This impedes bargaining.

[Laura Metcalfe @LauraMetcalfe23]

On behalf of the CLA Women’s Committee, here is our answer to Ms. Mallick’s question published Friday in the Toronto Star:

https://t.co/pvJeE953Iw

[Liam Thompson @LkmThompson]

@ASFleischman Findings of guilt are actually determined by moose race in criminal matters. Trial by beaver is only for civil cases.

In all seriousness the bar up here is understandably up in arms about this opinion which reeks of its own form of misogyny

[Maria Rosa Muia @mariarosamuia]

Female criminal defence lawyers are not ‘human shields in skirts.’ We are skilled, principled advocates in a male-dominated field. Misogynistic takes like this push women out of the profession—and that’s exactly the problem.” #CriminalDefence #WomenInLaw

[Tom Engel @TomEngel18]

Before anyone criticizes the decision, they should be required to read the official junior hockey sexual assault trial verdict.

https://t.co/5WsOQriUee

[Michael Lacy @crimlacy]

This kind of nonsense that can only come from a small thinker. It is not writing with "courage and candour". It is an insult to the star lawyers (some of whom were addressed as "Ms.") that prevented a miscarriage of justice: Why do female lawyers represent men in sexual crimes?

[Alison Craig @lawandchocolate]

The Star should be ashamed for even publishing this trash. I’m inclined to cancel my subscription all together.

Why would female lawyers represent men in sexual crimes? https://t.co/umtHqxuAEu via @torontostar

[Liam Thompson @LkmThompson]

@DougtheLawyer The exercise itself is one thing; but wouldn’t this be better if the person doing the running was a member of staff or a law student? Counsel’s made himself a witness

[Liam Thompson @LkmThompson]

@alittleleader That was the case here too— but then our Supreme Court imposed hard time limits on proceedings beyond which they must be stayed (30 months in superior court) and the legislative response was to restrict the availability of prelims. It has not helped.

[PressProgress @pressprogress]

This viral photo of a ‘Liberal Boomer’ is missing context. He was being harassed by far-right activists

A Liberal supporter is now facing doxxing and online harassment after an aggressive group of far-right activists crashed a Mark Carney event

https://t.co/hyfDlN3EZm

[Liam Thompson @LkmThompson]

@profbenperrin @MarkJCarney Query how adding hate motivated murders as constructive first will make any practical difference--in what scenarios would the Crown be able to prove a hate purpose but not able to prove planning and deliberation?

[Liam Thompson @LkmThompson]

This position has been filled! Thanks very much to all who applied.

[Liam Thompson @LkmThompson]

Re-upping this post! Come and article with @wilkinsonlegal!

[Liam Thompson @LkmThompson]

Re-upping this post! Come and article with @wilkinsonlegal!

[Liam Thompson @LkmThompson]

@RMFifthCircuit In my jurisdiction we have both a Brantford and a Bradford, and I live in fear of driving to the wrong one.

[David Rider @dmrider]

Applause to whomever wrote this headline.

[Justin “Hoops” McElroy @JustinMcElroy]

I'm gonna wake up and keep trying to do good and so are you and nobody gets to vote on that.

[Canadian Civil Liberties Association @cancivlib]

A charge is not a conviction. This proposal would send innocent people to jail for years for crimes they did not commit.