Criminal
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June 17, 2024
From clicks to courtroom: Leveraging web data in disputes, part 2
As part of the ongoing article series, we are exploring how the increasing availability of web data can impact litigation and considerations of lawyers when seeking and analyzing information to better support their cases. Our focus for this article is on TikTok data.
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June 17, 2024
APPEALS — Grounds — Unreasonable verdict
Appeal by Roebuck from his conviction for first-degree murder of MacDonald on grounds that Crown did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt his actions were planned and deliberate and verdict was unreasonable. Roebuck and MacDonald knew each other for years and became good friends.
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June 19, 2024
Errors in trial decision no guarantee for successful appeal
Three homicides that occurred in 2007 had police investigators stymied for years. Then, on Dec. 18, 2014, a 101-year-old D-Day veteran, Ernest Côté, was found murdered at his home. Police charged Orleans, Ont., resident Ian Bush with the murder. While Bush was undergoing psychiatric examination and found fit to stand trial, Ottawa police, with the help of forensics, linked the Côté killing to the deaths of the Chief Justice of the Tax Court, Albon Garon, his wife Raymonde and their neighbour, Marie-Claire Boniskos.
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June 14, 2024
Providing value to the difficult client | Jacob Murad
Many lawyers (myself included) over the course of any practice, run into issues withdrawing from representing and terminating a difficult client. (A recent example of this was when Peter Nygard’s defence lawyer asked to be removed as his counsel just before his sentencing for sexual assault, reportedly due to a “breakdown and loss of confidence in the solicitor-client relationship.”)
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June 14, 2024
Real losers in prison case? Taxpayers, clogged court system | John L. Hill
For many individuals accused of a crime, the decision to plead guilty is often a means to end their interaction with the criminal justice system. Some may pay a fine or complete community service, considering the matter closed.
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June 13, 2024
New asset freezes, entry bans & export prohibitions target Russian war of aggression against Ukraine
Canada has aimed new sanctions and export prohibitions at participants in Russia’s military-industrial complex, in a co-ordinated move with other countries on the first day of the G7’s three-day summit in Italy.
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June 13, 2024
RCMP External Review Committee chair reappointed
A June 12 news release from Public Safety Canada announced that Minister of Public Safety Dominic LeBlanc had reappointed Charles Randall Smith as chairperson of the RCMP External Review Committee. The appointment is effective June 18, 2024, for a five-year term.
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June 13, 2024
Liberal government unveils in Commons ‘2030 Nature Strategy’ and proposed Nature Accountability Act
The minority Liberal government’s newly proposed Nature Accountability Act would hold Ottawa “accountable to make progress” (but not via an enforceable legal mechanism) toward the goal of protecting at least 30 per cent of Canada’s lands and waters by 2030, says federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault.
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June 13, 2024
New associate joins Heinen Hutchison Robitaille
A recent news release from Heinen Hutchison Robitaille LLP announced the addition of new associate Jacob Roth to the firm’s criminal practice.
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June 13, 2024
Appeal of drug conviction spotlights improperly executed Feeney warrants
The Toronto Police Service became aware of Daveion Brown through the interception of private communications authorized during Project Sunder, a multi-jurisdictional investigation targeting the Eglinton West Crips.