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Precedent Setting Victory for Gender Identity Rights in B.C.

  • Posted by Angela Chaisson
  • On January 5, 2022
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In September of 2021, a case decision in the province of British Columbia made a significant development with respect to the rights of trans and non-binary people at work. The judgement will have implications for the law across Canada, including here in Ontario. The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal found a restaurant and some of […]
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Angela Chaisson on BarBabble

On Friday August 20, Angela Chaisson will join host Breanna Needham for BarBabble, a bi-weekly virtual happy hour on Twitter Spaces. Angela will join Joshua Sealy-Harrington and Ryann Atkins for a discussion on the evolution of the legal profession and progress on inclusivity. Angela’s tireless advocacy for equal representation and diversity within law has established […]
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Toronto feminist litigator Angela Chaisson speaks at University of Toronto Panel on Women and the Law

Angela was pleased to be a part of the University of Toronto’s panel discussion on being a woman in public law on October 30th. She joined lawyers Melissa Jean-Baptiste Vajda and Kelly Doctor to share her experiences on practicing public law through a feminist lens. Angela is a litigator whose practice focuses on sexual assault, […]
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Court of Appeal quashes sexual assault verdict, orders new trial.

The Court of Appeal has quashed a sexual assault conviction and ordered a new trial, finding the trial judge placed too much importance in her credibility assessment on the fact that, if the complainant were lying, she would have made the assault sound more brutal than what she described. Millard & Company lawyer Angela Chaisson […]
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Angela provides thoughts on labelling incels as terrorists amidst Toronto sex worker murder

  • Posted by Angela Chaisson
  • On June 12, 2020
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The Dangers of Labelling Incels as Terrorists On February 24, 2020, Ashley Noell Arzaga, a sex worker in a Toronto massage parlour, was violently murdered with a machete. Another woman and a man were also injured in the attack. A 17-year-old male allegedly motivated by ‘incel’ ideology has been charged with first-degree murder and attempted […]
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Angela Chaisson is Featured in Investigation into PornHub and Revenge Pornography

Toronto lawyer Angela Chaisson, who specializes in sexual violence cases, speaks with Fight the New Drug for their investigation into pornography sites who profit off of revenge pornography. The investigation, titled Are Porn Sites Protecting Victims Of Nonconsensual Content? Angela notes that her clients have options with respect to having their intimate images removed from […]
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Osgoode Hall Law School Welcomes Toronto Lawyer Angela Chaisson to Guest Lecture the Sexuality and the Law Seminar

Toronto lawyer Angela Chaisson is thrilled to guest lecture in Dr. Heidi Matthews’s Sexuality and the Law Seminar for upper year law students at Osgoode Hall Law School. Angela, a Toronto lawyer who specializes in sexual violence and revenge pornography issues, speaks to law students about issues of consent and capacity in sexual assault trials […]
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LEAF Toronto Panel on Ontario’s Legal Aid Cuts Features Toronto Lawyer Angela Chaisson

Toronto lawyer Angela Chaisson participates on a panel hosted by The Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund’s (LEAF) Toronto branch about Ontario’s legal aid cuts, which have cut funding for the most vulnerable people in the justice system. She spoke about the changes to Legal Aid Ontario, and how they have affected her clients, who […]
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Toronto Litigation Lawyer Angela Chaisson is Thrilled to be a Contributing Author to “The Law of Objections in Canada”

  • Posted by Angela Chaisson
  • On November 25, 2019
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Angela Chaisson is thrilled be a contributing author to Lexis Nexis’s latest book, The Law of Objections in Canada: A Handbook. Angela put her years of trial experience to good, and shares her knowledge of objections under Canadian common law. The book focuses exclusively on the 50 possible objections that lawyers can make during trials. […]
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DLA Piper Canada Receives PrideWeek Speech from Toronto Lawyer Angela Chaisson

Litigation lawyer Angela Chaisson is please to deliver a Pride Week speech for global law firm DLA Piper, as part of their Professional Development Programming. DLA Piper’s Diversity Committee organized the event and live streamed Angela’s speech to all of their offices across Canada. Angela spoke about the Canadian Federal Government’s “Gay Purge”, in which […]
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