Criminal
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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.
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June 12, 2024
Successful appeal raises questions of deterrence, denunciation
According to a CBC report, the Ontario government has announced its intention to add hundreds of beds to an already overloaded jail system by reopening intermittent detention centres at correctional centres in London and Toronto and adding up to 200 new staff.
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June 12, 2024
Case shows why judges should advise parties before ordering a remedy, Ontario Court of Appeal says
Ontario’s top court has ruled that a trial judge was in error when she issued a stay of charges against a man who was arrested after police entered his residence without knocking, saying it was not justified because there were alternatives that would have been able to disassociate the court from police misconduct.
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June 12, 2024
Saskatchewan regulator details strategic plan progress for 2023
Saskatchewan’s law society made strides last year in rolling out parts of its current Strategic Plan — particularly in promoting diversity and equality, ensuring the competence of new lawyers and increasing access to justice for the incarcerated.