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title: "No shrinking violet ✦ Goldwater Droit"
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[News & Insights](https://goldwaterdroit.com/en/news-insights) # No shrinking violet**McGill News** 11 December 20111 min read [Media](https://goldwaterdroit.com/en/news-insights?category=media) [McGill News](http://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/s/1762/news/interior.aspx?sid=1762&gid=2&pgid=984) Anne-France Goldwater, BCL’80, is a one-of-a-kind presence on the Quebec legal scene. Her frank manner and shoot-from-the-hip style stand out in a world soaked in protocol and civility. It doesn’t hurt that she has a knack for court cases that grab newspaper headlines. [**Previous Post**Meet Canada Reads panelist Anne-France Goldwater](https://goldwaterdroit.com/en/news-insights/2011/meet-canada-reads-panelist-anne-france-goldwater) [**Next Post **Top court maps out approach to support changes](https://goldwaterdroit.com/en/news-insights/2012/top-court-maps-out-approach-support-changes)