The Rodgers Brief

Author: Adam Rodgers

This podcast features analysis of current Canadian legal news, and stories with important legal angles. Previous episodes covered the Nova Scotia Mass Casualty Inquiry proceedings, arising out of the tragic events of April 18-19, 2020 in Portapique and other locations throughout Central Nova Scotia. Adam Rodgers has been a leading Nova Scotian litigation and criminal defense lawyer, as well as a business and political advisor, for 15 years. He has represented clients on many ground-breaking and prominent cases, including his most recent responsibilities with the Desmond Fatality Inquiry.
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Dispersing the Fog - Ep 19 - Corrie Ellison Forensics with Expert Tom Juby, Fed Crt Orders RCMP to Disclose Legal Advice in Terrorism Case, Municipal Police React to NS Policing Recommendations
Sunday, 13 July, 2025

This week, Paul and Adam are pleased to welcome retired RCMP forensics expert, Tom Juby, to the show. Tom has reviewed the forensics evidence surrounding the shooting of Corrie Ellison, and gives us his insights into what they reveal, and how the case should have been handled.Before speaking with Tom Juby, Paul and Adam discuss the Federal Court decision this week ordering the RCMP to disclose the legal advice they received in the case of Abdulrahaman El Bahnasawy. When he was 18 years old, Mr. El Bahnasawy was arrested in New York on terrorism charges, related to plans he had discussed online with undercover FBI agents while he was off his anti-psychotic medications. He is now serving a 40 year sentencing in a Colorado supermax prison. The RCMP had cooperated with the FBI on the case, and there are allegations that the RCMP accessed medical records, and generally facilitated the arrest taking place in the US, rather than Canada, where the accused would have been dealt with in a less harsh legal system.Also discussed, the OPP communications around the Quadeville case of the 8-year old girl who was originally suspected to be the victim of an animal attack, the Halifax Mooseheads player acquitted of a DUI after the police officer failed to show for court, and reactions from municipal police forces in Nova Scotia to the government plans to expand the RCMP in this province.