Authors in print for EarlsCourt Legal Press Inc.

About Our Authors

Paul Ceyssens, B.A., LL.B.

Since 1998, Paul has practiced law with Ceyssens and Bauchman on Salt Spring Island, BC. His nationally focused practice includes the legal regulation of police, human rights and employment law. Recognized as a leading authority on the legal regulation of Police, Paul lectures across Canada to police chiefs, associations, law enforcement educators and police departments.

In 1994 he wrote Canada's only work on the legal regulation of police, Legal Aspects of Policing. He has co-authored three editions of the Ontario Police Services Act, Fully Annotated, with Susan C. Dunn and Scott Childs. He is currently Editor-in-Chief for the Police Law Reports. His writing has been cited with approval by a number of judicial bodies, including the Supreme Court of Canada.

From 1995 to 2000, Paul taught the Legal Issues in Policing course with Dalhousie University's Henson College Certificate in Police Leadership Program, Paul developed and wrote the course in 1995.

A member of the Law Society of British Columbia, as well as the Law Society of Upper Canada, Paul practiced with the Ontario Ministry of the Solicitor General from 1990-1998. His practice involved the legal regulation of police and human rights matters.

Paul Ceyssens graduated from University of Victoria Law School in 1986.

The Honourable Justice Rick Libman of the Ontario Court of Justice

Justice Libman was appointed to the Ontario Court of Justice in 1996. He serves as Chair, Rules Committee of the Ontario Court of Justice, and is an Associate Editor of the Motor Vehicle Reports.

Justice Libman is a recognized authority on the rules of court and on regulatory offences. He is the author of the seminal Canadian work on regulatory offences, Libman on Regulatory Offences in Canada and of the Criminal Trial Rules in Provincial Courts in Canada, Fully Annotated, 2007-2008 Edition. Both titles are available through Earlscourt Legal Press.

He has also authored publications on the Provincial Offences Act (Ontario) and the Contraventions Act (Canada).

Sheilagh Stewart, B.Comm., LL.B.

Sheilagh Stewart, B.Comm, LL.B is the author of Stewart on Provincial Offences Procedure in Ontario, Second Edition. A native of the Maritimes and a graduate of Dalhousie University, Sheilagh was appointed as an Assistant Crown Attorney in Toronto in 1984. She has practiced with the Ministry of the Attorney General since then, holding a variety of positions as legal counsel within the Criminal Law Division.

Sheilagh has considerable expertise in relation to provincial offences as well as road safety law, including drinking and driving. She was involved in the development of the administrative driver licence suspension regime, the Comprehensive Road Safety Act, 1997 and the red light camera pilot project. She has also worked with federal enforcement authorities and justice officials in the development and implementation of the Contraventions Act and in the implementation of criminal authority for Canada Custom and Revenue Agency officers.

She has participated in education sessions for the Law Society, Crown Attorneys and the police on drinking and driving laws and issues. In addition, she has written papers and has attended and spoken at national and international conferences on topics related to drinking and driving.

Susan C. Dunn, LL.B.

Susan C. Dunn was appointed to the Ontario Provincial Police in 1985, and has served as a police officer in a variety of capacities. She graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1994, and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1996. Chief Superintendent Dunn is in charge of risk management for the O.P.P. She is a member of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, and an Editor of the Police Law Reports. She coauthored the Ontario Police Services Act, Fully Annotated, 1997 and 2000-2001 Edition. Susan is also a member of a group within the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police examining issues of police leadership ethics.

Scott Childs, LL.B.

Scott Childs joined the Metropolitan Toronto Police in 1987, after graduating from the University of Western Ontario. He graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Windsor, in 1995, and served as a Law Clerk at the Court of Appeal for Ontario in 1995-96. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1997. After serving as Crown Counsel at the Department of Justice (1997-98), Scott joined the Ontario Provincial Police, where he held the rank of detective constable. In 1998 he coauthored "Doe v. Metropolitan Toronto Board of Commissioners of Police and the Status of Public Oversight of the Police in Canada" (1998) 36 Alta. L. Rev. 1000. He coauthored the Ontario Police Services Act, Fully Annotated, 2000-2001 Edition. In 2006 Mr. Childs accepted a position with the Guns and Gangs Initiative.