Legal Eyes
Explore cases, legal issues and current events through the legal eyes of Shannon Gunn Emery, a lawyer with Gunn Law Group in Edmonton. With her decades of experience in law, Shannon will help you discover the touching, bizarre, sad, interesting, exhilarating and puzzling aspects of practice that have kept her excited about being a lawyer. Your own legal eyes will be opened as she shares stories and reflections based on true experiences in criminal law, family law and administrative law. Names and details have been changed to protect the innocent, as well as the not-so-innocent.**Thanks to Ciara Prithipaul for the podcast artwork. You can find more of Ciara's work on Instagram at @la__tigresse__ or on their website at Ciarahavishya.com. **Thanks too to Richard Atmo (aka Garuda1982) for the music he created and allows me to share through Freesound.
Episodes
18 episodes
B & B on Bail
Barbara Dowker and Brendan Thompson, two of the lawyers at Gunn Law Group, guide you through the Canadian bail system. What must the Courts consider when deciding whether to release someone? What happens when a person reoffends when already on ...
Don't pay your child support in Monopoly money!
Justine Fallu and Shannon Emery talk about child support recalculation. How do you know how much to pay when your income changes?Where do you find information about child support recalculation?How to protect yourself f...
Get to Know Gunn Law Group
This is the first episode of what is likely to become a series. In this episode you will meet the staff and lawyers at Gunn Law Group. Choosing your legal team can be a real challenge. It is important to make sure that the fit is going to be wh...
How to Run (and Hopefully Win) Your IRS 2.4 - Preparation of Oral and Written Arguments
Welcome to the last episode in the 4-part series, How to Run (and Hopefully Win) Your IRS 2.0. This episode is a how-to guide for the preparation of written and oral arguments in Immediate Roadside Sanction cases. If you received a NAP and you ...
How to Run (and Hopefully Win) Your IRS 2.3 - Arguments That Win Cases
This is the third part in the 4-part series on the 2024 updated version of How to Run (and Hopefully Win) Your IRS. In this Legal Eyes episode, Shannon Gunn Emery explores some of the cases and arguments that she has been using to leverage wins...
How to Run (and Hopefully Win) Your IRS 2.2 - Getting to Know CanLii
In this second part of How to Run (and Hopefully Win) Your IRS 2.0, Gunn Law Group introduces you to CanLii. You really need to learn about this online legal search engine! If you want to know how to find and research cases and legislatio...
How to Run (and Hopefully Win) Your IRS 2.1 - How to Navigate the SafeRoads Portal
This is the first part of a four-part series called How to Run (and Hopefully Win) Your IRS 2.0. This follows up on our very popular episode from 2022. A lot has happened in the last two years and so we are bringing this new and updated version...
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Testifying but Was Afraid to Ask
How does one testify in Court? If you have been called as a witness or you re one of the parties in an upcoming Court proceeding, you probably have lots of questions! Shannon Gunn Emery, one of the lawyers with Gunn Law Group, spells out ...
Gunn Law Group's Sweet, Stabby, Sleep Story
Do you like to listen to real-life crime dramas as you go to sleep? Are you always searching for ways to get to dreamland faster? Well, Shannon Gunn Emery, one of the lawyers with Gunn Law Group has the solution for you. Shannon invites you to ...
The Wild Wild West of Judicial Review
If you lost your impaired driving administrative appeal, you likely have a lot of questions. Yes, it's a loss, but there may be something you can do about it. This episode of Legal Eyes explores "judicial review" in the context of IRS (Immediat...
Experts in Criminal Law and Collaborative Family Law
Ever wonder why in some criminal cases expert witnesses are called and in others there are none? How does one choose an expert? Shannon Gunn Emery goes through some of the considerations lawyers keep in mind when it comes to experts, both in th...
Choosing Your Lawyer and Getting Them to Choose You as a Client
If you need a lawyer, finding the right one can be a daunting task. Whether you are looking for a civil litigator, a criminal defence attorney, a wills and estates lawyer or a family law practitioner, Shannon Gunn Emery shares ideas with you to...
How To Run (and Hopefully Win) Your IRS
Stopped for impaired driving in Alberta? Normally those cases usually do not result in criminal charges being laid. Instead, the driver is often given an Immediate Roadside Sanction. There is a way of fighting the IRS, but trying to do that on ...
Getting a Glimpse into Spousal Support
Spousal support can be a difficult subject for both clients and lawyers. Sometimes clients, who are just starting the process of separation or divorce, have general questions about spousal support but end up having to wait until a host of...
Legal Eyes-ing Sex Work
Warning - this episode has a strong academic slant to it; if you are looking for something more on the entertainment side of things, this may not be the right episode for you. The goal of "Legal Eyes-ing sex work" is really to educate the publi...
Exploring Canada, One Case at a Time
Criminal law has allowed the lawyers at Gunn Law Group to travel a lot. In this podcast, Shannon Gunn Emery shares some of her fun, scary and touching experiences traveling across Canada. Ps. Shannon has not yet argued cases in Nun...
Why SafeRoads Does Not Make Me Feel Safe
If you do not like scary stories, please do not listen to this podcast. Wait for another, less terrifying one. There will be others, I swear. I pinky swear. If, however, you are bold and courageous, I invite you to travel with me for another ha...
