Kyla Lee
@kylalee.ca
Lawyer. Badass. Shameless Self-Promoter. That lawyer from TikTok. https://linktr.ee/kylaleelawyer
New Driving Law episode! 🚙⚖️
Paul and I tackle an Ontario ASD ruling, an Uber guilty-plea case, Ontario’s proposed child-support penalties, and a Christmas-light-covered pickup going twice the speed limit.
Listen now on all streaming platforms!
https://loom.ly/gczmvcw
Paul and I tackle an Ontario ASD ruling, an Uber guilty-plea case, Ontario’s proposed child-support penalties, and a Christmas-light-covered pickup going twice the speed limit.
Listen now on all streaming platforms!
https://loom.ly/gczmvcw
November 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
New Driving Law episode! 🚙⚖️
Paul and I tackle an Ontario ASD ruling, an Uber guilty-plea case, Ontario’s proposed child-support penalties, and a Christmas-light-covered pickup going twice the speed limit.
Listen now on all streaming platforms!
https://loom.ly/gczmvcw
Paul and I tackle an Ontario ASD ruling, an Uber guilty-plea case, Ontario’s proposed child-support penalties, and a Christmas-light-covered pickup going twice the speed limit.
Listen now on all streaming platforms!
https://loom.ly/gczmvcw
This week on Weird & Wacky Wednesdays
A man accused of stealing his group’s $1M win, a Winnipeg boyfriend whose girlfriend cashed $5M & vanished, & a Nova Scotia scratch-ticket feud. Turns out winning the lottery might be the start of your legal problems.
https://loom.ly/nNWF3jg
A man accused of stealing his group’s $1M win, a Winnipeg boyfriend whose girlfriend cashed $5M & vanished, & a Nova Scotia scratch-ticket feud. Turns out winning the lottery might be the start of your legal problems.
https://loom.ly/nNWF3jg
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This week on Weird & Wacky Wednesdays
A man accused of stealing his group’s $1M win, a Winnipeg boyfriend whose girlfriend cashed $5M & vanished, & a Nova Scotia scratch-ticket feud. Turns out winning the lottery might be the start of your legal problems.
https://loom.ly/nNWF3jg
A man accused of stealing his group’s $1M win, a Winnipeg boyfriend whose girlfriend cashed $5M & vanished, & a Nova Scotia scratch-ticket feud. Turns out winning the lottery might be the start of your legal problems.
https://loom.ly/nNWF3jg
A new episode of Driving Law is out! 🚙⚖️ Paul and I discuss the Nanaimo driver with 215 demerits, a BC Supreme Court ruling on sworn reports, U.S. roadside surveillance, and a dump truck pushing a Tesla in Richmond.
Listen now on all streaming platforms!
https://loom.ly/30-todc
Listen now on all streaming platforms!
https://loom.ly/30-todc
November 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
A new episode of Driving Law is out! 🚙⚖️ Paul and I discuss the Nanaimo driver with 215 demerits, a BC Supreme Court ruling on sworn reports, U.S. roadside surveillance, and a dump truck pushing a Tesla in Richmond.
Listen now on all streaming platforms!
https://loom.ly/30-todc
Listen now on all streaming platforms!
https://loom.ly/30-todc
Kyla’s Court on This is @vancolour.bsky.social: Was CFIA’s ‘ostrich cull’ government tyranny?
“If an animal is determined to be a safety risk, it’s not just disease that can allow the government to kill it.”
https://loom.ly/VLOAeSA
“If an animal is determined to be a safety risk, it’s not just disease that can allow the government to kill it.”
https://loom.ly/VLOAeSA
November 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Kyla’s Court on This is @vancolour.bsky.social: Was CFIA’s ‘ostrich cull’ government tyranny?
“If an animal is determined to be a safety risk, it’s not just disease that can allow the government to kill it.”
https://loom.ly/VLOAeSA
“If an animal is determined to be a safety risk, it’s not just disease that can allow the government to kill it.”
https://loom.ly/VLOAeSA
This week on Weird & Wacky Wednesdays:
Teens stealing liquor from graves, a UK student waking up locked in a nightclub, and a Long Island house party charging admission to underage drinkers. Youthful rebellion meets legal reality.
https://kylalee.ca/weird-wacky-wednesdays-underage-drinking/
Teens stealing liquor from graves, a UK student waking up locked in a nightclub, and a Long Island house party charging admission to underage drinkers. Youthful rebellion meets legal reality.
https://kylalee.ca/weird-wacky-wednesdays-underage-drinking/
November 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This week on Weird & Wacky Wednesdays:
Teens stealing liquor from graves, a UK student waking up locked in a nightclub, and a Long Island house party charging admission to underage drinkers. Youthful rebellion meets legal reality.
https://kylalee.ca/weird-wacky-wednesdays-underage-drinking/
Teens stealing liquor from graves, a UK student waking up locked in a nightclub, and a Long Island house party charging admission to underage drinkers. Youthful rebellion meets legal reality.
https://kylalee.ca/weird-wacky-wednesdays-underage-drinking/
Canada is overhauling its bail and sentencing laws – tougher rules, expanded reverse onus, and stricter conditions for repeat offenders. Here's what to know.
Read the full blog here:
https://kylalee.ca/proposed-canadian-bail-sentencing-law-changes/
Read the full blog here:
https://kylalee.ca/proposed-canadian-bail-sentencing-law-changes/
November 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Canada is overhauling its bail and sentencing laws – tougher rules, expanded reverse onus, and stricter conditions for repeat offenders. Here's what to know.
Read the full blog here:
https://kylalee.ca/proposed-canadian-bail-sentencing-law-changes/
Read the full blog here:
https://kylalee.ca/proposed-canadian-bail-sentencing-law-changes/
This week on Cases That Should Have Gone to the SCC, But Didn’t:
A BC ostrich farm challenged a ministerial order to destroy its birds during an avian flu outbreak. The courts upheld it, and the SCC declined to weigh in—despite massive public concern.
Watch: https://youtu.be/rcOhk1RCyNE
A BC ostrich farm challenged a ministerial order to destroy its birds during an avian flu outbreak. The courts upheld it, and the SCC declined to weigh in—despite massive public concern.
Watch: https://youtu.be/rcOhk1RCyNE
November 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This week on Cases That Should Have Gone to the SCC, But Didn’t:
A BC ostrich farm challenged a ministerial order to destroy its birds during an avian flu outbreak. The courts upheld it, and the SCC declined to weigh in—despite massive public concern.
Watch: https://youtu.be/rcOhk1RCyNE
A BC ostrich farm challenged a ministerial order to destroy its birds during an avian flu outbreak. The courts upheld it, and the SCC declined to weigh in—despite massive public concern.
Watch: https://youtu.be/rcOhk1RCyNE
New Driving Law episode! 🚙⚖️
The SCC’s Goldson ruling changes breath-test trials — and one Hamilton man took “take the bus” too literally.
Listen now on all streaming platforms!
https://soundcloud.com/drivinglaw/episode-428-supreme-courts-goldson-decision-breath-tests-due-process-and-a-bus-heist
The SCC’s Goldson ruling changes breath-test trials — and one Hamilton man took “take the bus” too literally.
Listen now on all streaming platforms!
https://soundcloud.com/drivinglaw/episode-428-supreme-courts-goldson-decision-breath-tests-due-process-and-a-bus-heist
November 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
New Driving Law episode! 🚙⚖️
The SCC’s Goldson ruling changes breath-test trials — and one Hamilton man took “take the bus” too literally.
Listen now on all streaming platforms!
https://soundcloud.com/drivinglaw/episode-428-supreme-courts-goldson-decision-breath-tests-due-process-and-a-bus-heist
The SCC’s Goldson ruling changes breath-test trials — and one Hamilton man took “take the bus” too literally.
Listen now on all streaming platforms!
https://soundcloud.com/drivinglaw/episode-428-supreme-courts-goldson-decision-breath-tests-due-process-and-a-bus-heist
This week on Weird & Wacky Wednesdays:
Three people took “ride the bus” too far–one drove a full route in Ontario, one stole a bus during a bathroom break, and one “borrowed” a Vancouver bus at midnight. Transit trouble at its finest.
Read full blog here:
https://loom.ly/ehU9LdU
Three people took “ride the bus” too far–one drove a full route in Ontario, one stole a bus during a bathroom break, and one “borrowed” a Vancouver bus at midnight. Transit trouble at its finest.
Read full blog here:
https://loom.ly/ehU9LdU
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This week on Weird & Wacky Wednesdays:
Three people took “ride the bus” too far–one drove a full route in Ontario, one stole a bus during a bathroom break, and one “borrowed” a Vancouver bus at midnight. Transit trouble at its finest.
Read full blog here:
https://loom.ly/ehU9LdU
Three people took “ride the bus” too far–one drove a full route in Ontario, one stole a bus during a bathroom break, and one “borrowed” a Vancouver bus at midnight. Transit trouble at its finest.
Read full blog here:
https://loom.ly/ehU9LdU
An all new episode of "Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn’t!" is now on Youtube! This week: Should Indigenous identity and systemic disadvantage impact the right to reconsult a lawyer during police interrogation?
https://loom.ly/bB7wNm4
https://loom.ly/bB7wNm4
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
An all new episode of "Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn’t!" is now on Youtube! This week: Should Indigenous identity and systemic disadvantage impact the right to reconsult a lawyer during police interrogation?
https://loom.ly/bB7wNm4
https://loom.ly/bB7wNm4
On The Coast with @vancolour.bsky.social: What Vancouver and Canada’s budgets signal about their governing parties’ positions
“It seems like they’re trying to set themselves up for the next election, not by winning hearts and minds but by winning with dollar signs…”
https://loom.ly/Yr3JudE
“It seems like they’re trying to set themselves up for the next election, not by winning hearts and minds but by winning with dollar signs…”
https://loom.ly/Yr3JudE
November 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
On The Coast with @vancolour.bsky.social: What Vancouver and Canada’s budgets signal about their governing parties’ positions
“It seems like they’re trying to set themselves up for the next election, not by winning hearts and minds but by winning with dollar signs…”
https://loom.ly/Yr3JudE
“It seems like they’re trying to set themselves up for the next election, not by winning hearts and minds but by winning with dollar signs…”
https://loom.ly/Yr3JudE
A new episode of Driving Law is live! 🚙⚖️
This week, we break down a major refusal ruling, police eavesdropping in ambulances, and a Tesla that crashed into the Richmond IKEA.
Listen now on all streaming platforms!
🎧 https://loom.ly/pHnefx4
This week, we break down a major refusal ruling, police eavesdropping in ambulances, and a Tesla that crashed into the Richmond IKEA.
Listen now on all streaming platforms!
🎧 https://loom.ly/pHnefx4
November 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A new episode of Driving Law is live! 🚙⚖️
This week, we break down a major refusal ruling, police eavesdropping in ambulances, and a Tesla that crashed into the Richmond IKEA.
Listen now on all streaming platforms!
🎧 https://loom.ly/pHnefx4
This week, we break down a major refusal ruling, police eavesdropping in ambulances, and a Tesla that crashed into the Richmond IKEA.
Listen now on all streaming platforms!
🎧 https://loom.ly/pHnefx4
This week on Weird & Wacky Wednesdays:
From Miss Universe’s chaotic Bangkok scandal to Thailand’s dethroned runner-up and a $5-million defamation fiasco, this week’s pageant tales prove crowns come with clauses. 👑.
Read the full blog here
https://kylalee.ca/weird-wacky-wednesdays-law-of-the-crown/
From Miss Universe’s chaotic Bangkok scandal to Thailand’s dethroned runner-up and a $5-million defamation fiasco, this week’s pageant tales prove crowns come with clauses. 👑.
Read the full blog here
https://kylalee.ca/weird-wacky-wednesdays-law-of-the-crown/
November 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This week on Weird & Wacky Wednesdays:
From Miss Universe’s chaotic Bangkok scandal to Thailand’s dethroned runner-up and a $5-million defamation fiasco, this week’s pageant tales prove crowns come with clauses. 👑.
Read the full blog here
https://kylalee.ca/weird-wacky-wednesdays-law-of-the-crown/
From Miss Universe’s chaotic Bangkok scandal to Thailand’s dethroned runner-up and a $5-million defamation fiasco, this week’s pageant tales prove crowns come with clauses. 👑.
Read the full blog here
https://kylalee.ca/weird-wacky-wednesdays-law-of-the-crown/
🚦 Disputing a traffic ticket? A recent BC court case confirms your right to a fair and unbiased hearing – even without a lawyer. Know your rights before you go to court. ⚖️
Read the full blog here:
https://kylalee.ca/fair-hearing-bias-traffic-court/
Read the full blog here:
https://kylalee.ca/fair-hearing-bias-traffic-court/
November 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
🚦 Disputing a traffic ticket? A recent BC court case confirms your right to a fair and unbiased hearing – even without a lawyer. Know your rights before you go to court. ⚖️
Read the full blog here:
https://kylalee.ca/fair-hearing-bias-traffic-court/
Read the full blog here:
https://kylalee.ca/fair-hearing-bias-traffic-court/
Happy Monday! An all new episode of "Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn’t!” is now on Youtube! This week I discuss a case involving sentencing for impaired driving causing death.
Watch now!
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https://youtu.be/s3z2gUwgksY
Watch now!
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https://youtu.be/s3z2gUwgksY
November 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Happy Monday! An all new episode of "Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn’t!” is now on Youtube! This week I discuss a case involving sentencing for impaired driving causing death.
Watch now!
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https://youtu.be/s3z2gUwgksY
Watch now!
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https://youtu.be/s3z2gUwgksY
New episode of Driving Law 🚙⚖️
This week, Paul and I dive into the chaos at RoadSafetyBC – backlogged hearings, missing disclosure, and drivers caught in the middle after the government strike.
🎧 Listen now on all streaming platforms
https://loom.ly/PtKTpcw
This week, Paul and I dive into the chaos at RoadSafetyBC – backlogged hearings, missing disclosure, and drivers caught in the middle after the government strike.
🎧 Listen now on all streaming platforms
https://loom.ly/PtKTpcw
October 31, 2025 at 9:53 PM
New episode of Driving Law 🚙⚖️
This week, Paul and I dive into the chaos at RoadSafetyBC – backlogged hearings, missing disclosure, and drivers caught in the middle after the government strike.
🎧 Listen now on all streaming platforms
https://loom.ly/PtKTpcw
This week, Paul and I dive into the chaos at RoadSafetyBC – backlogged hearings, missing disclosure, and drivers caught in the middle after the government strike.
🎧 Listen now on all streaming platforms
https://loom.ly/PtKTpcw
This week on Weird & Wacky Wednesdays:
From the Orioles’ “phantom DH” loophole to the banned defensive shift, baseball proves what lawyers already know—someone always finds a way to use the rulebook against itself.
https://kylalee.ca/weird-wednesday-wednesdays-mlb-loopholes-rule-changes/
From the Orioles’ “phantom DH” loophole to the banned defensive shift, baseball proves what lawyers already know—someone always finds a way to use the rulebook against itself.
https://kylalee.ca/weird-wednesday-wednesdays-mlb-loopholes-rule-changes/
October 30, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This week on Weird & Wacky Wednesdays:
From the Orioles’ “phantom DH” loophole to the banned defensive shift, baseball proves what lawyers already know—someone always finds a way to use the rulebook against itself.
https://kylalee.ca/weird-wednesday-wednesdays-mlb-loopholes-rule-changes/
From the Orioles’ “phantom DH” loophole to the banned defensive shift, baseball proves what lawyers already know—someone always finds a way to use the rulebook against itself.
https://kylalee.ca/weird-wednesday-wednesdays-mlb-loopholes-rule-changes/
Kyla Lee joins Anita Szigeti and Hamna Anwar on Verdicts and Voices to talk gender bias and solidarity in criminal defence.
Read more on: https://anitaszigeti.com/2025/10/29/the-sisterhood-of-gender-sellouts/
Read more on: https://anitaszigeti.com/2025/10/29/the-sisterhood-of-gender-sellouts/
October 29, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Kyla Lee joins Anita Szigeti and Hamna Anwar on Verdicts and Voices to talk gender bias and solidarity in criminal defence.
Read more on: https://anitaszigeti.com/2025/10/29/the-sisterhood-of-gender-sellouts/
Read more on: https://anitaszigeti.com/2025/10/29/the-sisterhood-of-gender-sellouts/
CBA National: The sisterhood of ‘gender sellouts’
There aren’t many women criminal defence lawyers in Canada who specialize in impaired driving cases, but Kyla Lee of Acumen Law in Vancouver is one of them...
https://loom.ly/i9gEMk0
There aren’t many women criminal defence lawyers in Canada who specialize in impaired driving cases, but Kyla Lee of Acumen Law in Vancouver is one of them...
https://loom.ly/i9gEMk0
October 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
CBA National: The sisterhood of ‘gender sellouts’
There aren’t many women criminal defence lawyers in Canada who specialize in impaired driving cases, but Kyla Lee of Acumen Law in Vancouver is one of them...
https://loom.ly/i9gEMk0
There aren’t many women criminal defence lawyers in Canada who specialize in impaired driving cases, but Kyla Lee of Acumen Law in Vancouver is one of them...
https://loom.ly/i9gEMk0
When law enforcement pressures prosecutors, it’s not transparency, it’s intimidation. Justice needs clear boundaries. Crown independence is non-negotiable.
Read the full blog:
https://kylalee.ca/edmonton-police-attack-crown-independence/
Read the full blog:
https://kylalee.ca/edmonton-police-attack-crown-independence/
October 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
When law enforcement pressures prosecutors, it’s not transparency, it’s intimidation. Justice needs clear boundaries. Crown independence is non-negotiable.
Read the full blog:
https://kylalee.ca/edmonton-police-attack-crown-independence/
Read the full blog:
https://kylalee.ca/edmonton-police-attack-crown-independence/
Kyla Lee in The CBA National: Supreme Court of Canada clarifies Good Samaritan law
“The majority was abundantly clear about how exposing people to the risk of arrest for simple possession...would discourage people from calling 911..."
https://loom.ly/wDSoGTE
“The majority was abundantly clear about how exposing people to the risk of arrest for simple possession...would discourage people from calling 911..."
https://loom.ly/wDSoGTE
October 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Kyla Lee in The CBA National: Supreme Court of Canada clarifies Good Samaritan law
“The majority was abundantly clear about how exposing people to the risk of arrest for simple possession...would discourage people from calling 911..."
https://loom.ly/wDSoGTE
“The majority was abundantly clear about how exposing people to the risk of arrest for simple possession...would discourage people from calling 911..."
https://loom.ly/wDSoGTE
New Driving Law episode! 🚙⚖️
This week, Paul and I talk bail reform, the return of discretionary driving bans, ICBC’s Indigenous driver hotline, and this week’s fire-truck-stealing “driver.”
🎧 Listen now on all streaming platforms
https://loom.ly/oQbdAa4
This week, Paul and I talk bail reform, the return of discretionary driving bans, ICBC’s Indigenous driver hotline, and this week’s fire-truck-stealing “driver.”
🎧 Listen now on all streaming platforms
https://loom.ly/oQbdAa4
October 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
New Driving Law episode! 🚙⚖️
This week, Paul and I talk bail reform, the return of discretionary driving bans, ICBC’s Indigenous driver hotline, and this week’s fire-truck-stealing “driver.”
🎧 Listen now on all streaming platforms
https://loom.ly/oQbdAa4
This week, Paul and I talk bail reform, the return of discretionary driving bans, ICBC’s Indigenous driver hotline, and this week’s fire-truck-stealing “driver.”
🎧 Listen now on all streaming platforms
https://loom.ly/oQbdAa4
New episode of Driving Law! 🚙⚖️
This week: a breath-test case where “shown” wasn’t “given,” Ottawa’s “tough on crime” talk, and a skeleton riding shotgun. 🎃
Stream it now!
https://soundcloud.com/drivinglaw/episode-424-given-not-shown-breath-test-rules-tough-on-crime-talk-and-a-skeleton-passenger
This week: a breath-test case where “shown” wasn’t “given,” Ottawa’s “tough on crime” talk, and a skeleton riding shotgun. 🎃
Stream it now!
https://soundcloud.com/drivinglaw/episode-424-given-not-shown-breath-test-rules-tough-on-crime-talk-and-a-skeleton-passenger
October 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
New episode of Driving Law! 🚙⚖️
This week: a breath-test case where “shown” wasn’t “given,” Ottawa’s “tough on crime” talk, and a skeleton riding shotgun. 🎃
Stream it now!
https://soundcloud.com/drivinglaw/episode-424-given-not-shown-breath-test-rules-tough-on-crime-talk-and-a-skeleton-passenger
This week: a breath-test case where “shown” wasn’t “given,” Ottawa’s “tough on crime” talk, and a skeleton riding shotgun. 🎃
Stream it now!
https://soundcloud.com/drivinglaw/episode-424-given-not-shown-breath-test-rules-tough-on-crime-talk-and-a-skeleton-passenger
This week on Weird & Wacky Wednesdays:
Fake-label factories. Backyard breweries. Restaurant bootleggers. Even an after-hours club in Vancouver.
No matter the country, the result’s the same - bootleggers always get caught.
https://kylalee.ca/weird-wacky-wednesdays-bootleggers-busted/
Fake-label factories. Backyard breweries. Restaurant bootleggers. Even an after-hours club in Vancouver.
No matter the country, the result’s the same - bootleggers always get caught.
https://kylalee.ca/weird-wacky-wednesdays-bootleggers-busted/
October 16, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This week on Weird & Wacky Wednesdays:
Fake-label factories. Backyard breweries. Restaurant bootleggers. Even an after-hours club in Vancouver.
No matter the country, the result’s the same - bootleggers always get caught.
https://kylalee.ca/weird-wacky-wednesdays-bootleggers-busted/
Fake-label factories. Backyard breweries. Restaurant bootleggers. Even an after-hours club in Vancouver.
No matter the country, the result’s the same - bootleggers always get caught.
https://kylalee.ca/weird-wacky-wednesdays-bootleggers-busted/
Verdicts & Voices: The sisterhood of “gender sellouts” in criminal law: Anita Szigeti, Hamna Anwar and Kyla Lee
“It’s a very warm, welcoming network of women… It’s also a braintrust of some of the smartest criminal defence lawyers out there…”
https://loom.ly/oGThU1c
“It’s a very warm, welcoming network of women… It’s also a braintrust of some of the smartest criminal defence lawyers out there…”
https://loom.ly/oGThU1c
October 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Verdicts & Voices: The sisterhood of “gender sellouts” in criminal law: Anita Szigeti, Hamna Anwar and Kyla Lee
“It’s a very warm, welcoming network of women… It’s also a braintrust of some of the smartest criminal defence lawyers out there…”
https://loom.ly/oGThU1c
“It’s a very warm, welcoming network of women… It’s also a braintrust of some of the smartest criminal defence lawyers out there…”
https://loom.ly/oGThU1c