ORGANIZED PSEUDOLEGAL COMMERCIAL ARGUMENT PHENOMENON Memo of Law ARMOURED SUITS: CRIMINAL DEFENCE LAWYERS 714-170 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5V5 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction .............................................................................................. - 1 - Historical Background ............................................................................. - 1 - Current State of Legislation .................................................................... - 2 - Issues ......................................................................................................... - 2 - Facts – Recognizing OPCA Litigants ..................................................... - 3 - Indicia of OPCA Litigants and strategies .............................................. - 4 - Known OPCA Gurus ...................................................................................................... - 5 - The Paradigm Education Group ..................................................................................... - 5 - David Kevin Lindsay ...................................................................................................... - 5 - John Ruiz Dempsey ........................................................................................................ - 6 - Robert Arthur Menard .................................................................................................... - 6 - Eldon Gerald Warman .................................................................................................... - 7 - David J Lavigne .............................................................................................................. - 7 - Edward Jay Robin Belanger ........................................................................................... - 7 - Other Gurus .................................................................................................................... - 8 - Dennis Meads’ Guru ....................................................................................................... - 8 - How Gurus Operate ........................................................................................................ - 8 - OPCA Litigants .............................................................................................................. - 8 - Detaxers .......................................................................................................................... - 9 - Freemen-on-the-Land ..................................................................................................... - 9 - Sovereign Men/Sovereign Citizens ................................................................................ - 9 - The Church of the Ecumenical Redemption International [CERI] ................................ - 9 - Moorish Law ................................................................................................................ - 10 - Indicia of OPCA Litigants, Litigation, and Strategies ........................ - 10 - In Court Conduct ................................................................................... - 13 - Demands ....................................................................................................................... - 13 - Documentation ............................................................................................................. - 13 - Names and Identification .............................................................................................. - 14 - Court Authority or Jurisdiction .................................................................................... - 14 - Other In-Court Motifs ........................................................................... - 14 - Procedural Responses to Suspected OPCA Documents ..................... - 15 - Courtroom Procedure Responses to Suspected OPCA Litigants ................................. - 15 - OPCA Concepts and Arguments .................................................................................. - 15 - Litigant not subject to Court authority ......................................................................... - 16 - Restricted Court Jurisdiction ........................................................................................ - 16 - Admiralty or Military Courts ........................................................................................ - 16 - Notaries are the real judges .......................................................................................... - 16 - Religion or religious belief trumps the courts .............................................................. - 16 - Defective Court Authority ............................................................................................ - 17 - Oaths ............................................................................................................................. - 17 - Court Formalities .......................................................................................................... - 17 - The State is Defective ................................................................................................... - 17 - ‘Magic Hats’ Immunity to Court Jurisdiction .............................................................. - 17 - I Belong to an Exempt Group ....................................................................................... - 18 - I Declare Myself Immune ............................................................................................. - 18 - I have been incorrectly identified ................................................................................. - 19 - I am subject to a different law ...................................................................................... - 19 - Conscientious Objector ................................................................................................ - 19 - Tax-related ‘Magic Hats’ ............................................................................................. - 19 - Miscellaneous .......................................................................................... - 20 - The Inherent Authority of Provincial Superior Courts ................................................. - 20 - Obligation Requires Agreement ................................................................................... - 20 - Defeating Legislation ................................................................................................... - 21 - Everything is a Contract ............................................................................................... - 21 - Double/Split Persons .................................................................................................... - 21 - Unilateral Agreements .................................................................................................. - 22 - Common Uses of Unilateral Agreements ..................................................................... - 22 - To Create or Assert an Obligation ................................................................................ - 22 - To Discharge an Obligation or Dismiss a Lawsuit ....................................................... - 22 - Foisted Duties, Agency, or Fiduciary Status ................................................................ - 23 - Fee Schedules ............................................................................................................... - 23 - Money for Nothing Schemes ........................................................................................ - 24 - Legal effect and Character of OPCA Arguments ......................................................... - 24 - OPCA Strategies that Deny Court Authority ............................................................... - 24 - Responses to OPCA Strategies .............................................................. - 25 - Responses to OPCA Litigants and Gurus ............................................ - 26 - Vexatious litigant status ............................................................................................... - 26 - Role of the Judiciary ..................................................................................................... - 26 - A Lawyer’s Duties ........................................................................................................ - 27 - Education - Judges and courts ...................................................................................... - 27 - Educating OPCA Litigants and Gurus ......................................................................... - 28 - Discussion ................................................................................................ - 28 - R. V. Klundert (2004) ................................................................................................... - 29 - R. v. Kennedy ............................................................................................................... - 29 - R. v. Duncan ................................................................................................................. - 29 - John James MacLean .................................................................................................... - 30 - Glenn Patrick Bogue ..................................................................................................... - 30 - R. v. Porisky ................................................................................................................