About A. Cameron Ward & Company

A. Cameron Ward & Company is a progressive law firm with offices in Vancouver, British Columbia. It was founded in 1993 by Cameron Ward, a trial lawyer who was called to the Bar in 1984. The firm's lawyers have handled many important and complex cases over the last decade and are committed to providing representation and advocacy services for clients with a wide variety of legal problems. The firm has expertise in the areas of civil liberties, personal injury, product liability, medical and professional negligence, contracts, administrative law and criminal law. Its lawyers have represented major corporations, societies and individuals in all levels of Canadian courts and in various tribunals.

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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Canadian Medical Association Journal has just published the results of research concluding that Tasers may have harmful effects on the heart, as well as a sardonic and hard-hitting editorial bemoaning the lack of independent scientific study of the weapon's safety.

The editorial can be linked here:
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The Frank Paul Inquiry has invited public input on various issues set out in its terms of reference, including the polices of the BC Coroners Service, Office of Police Complaint Commissioner and Criminal Justice Branch to deaths in custody. The submissions are due by May 16, 2008.

The Frank Paul Inquiry has been hearing evidence related to the death of Frank Paul, a homeless, incapacitated, soaking wet aboriginal man who died of hypothermia after Vancouver police left him in an isolated alley in December, 1998.

Further details are available at frankpaulinquiry.ca.

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