Criminal
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February 25, 2025
New partner for Burchell Wickwire Bryson LLP
Thomas Morehouse has joined the partnership at Burchell Wickwire Bryson.
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February 25, 2025
Yukon top court uses murder case to examine impact of harsh pre-trial custody on parole ineligibility
Sentencing judges deciding whether to increase parole ineligibility beyond the 10-year minimum for those found guilty of second-degree murder may consider harsh pre-trial conditions as a mitigating factor, says a lawyer involved in the appeal of a crack addict who killed another man in a drug deal gone bad.
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February 24, 2025
Why appeal court grants deference to the trial judge’s reasoning on conviction
When Daasebre Boakye went to court in May 2023, he was facing very serious charges: several counts of human trafficking, assault and assault causing bodily harm.
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February 24, 2025
PROCEDURE - Crown’s duties - Information or indictment - Setting aside - Questioning prospective jurors
Applications by Applicant for a stay of proceeding based on alleged abuse of process by the Crown, alternatively, an order assigning an "out-of-town" Crown to the case, or an order to summon the jury from his original trial to investigate the alleged obstruction of justice during his trial.
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February 24, 2025
Ontario election dominated by tariff concerns, but other issues at play: lawyers
With Ontarians on the cusp of electing a new government, the spectre of tariffs on Canadian exports is dominating the discourse of those who are aspiring to lead the province over the next few years — but as lawyers are pointing out, there are many other areas that voters should be focused on before they cast their ballot.
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February 21, 2025
Under the Ford government: Justice delayed and denied at Tribunals Ontario | Kathy Laird
In December 2024, Tribunals Ontario released its much-delayed Annual Report for 2023/24, and despite some self-congratulatory messaging, the data inside, and on the Tribunals Ontario website, demonstrates that there are serious deficits in the quality, accessibility and timeliness of justice at three of its busiest tribunals — the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB), the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) and the Licence Appeal Tribunal — Automobile Accident Benefits Service (LAT-AABS), which hears motor vehicle injury claims against insurance companies.
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February 21, 2025
Feds kick off information-sharing ‘partnership’ between RCMP, big banks aimed at money laundering
Ottawa has launched an initiative this week that the federal government says will “support the permissible sharing of money laundering and organized crime intelligence between law enforcement and Canada’s big banks.”
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February 21, 2025
Seven criminal organizations listed as ‘terrorist entities’ subject to dealings, immigration bans
Canada has listed seven “transnational criminal organizations,” including street gangs and several major Mexican cartels that traffic in fentanyl, as “terrorist entities” under the Criminal Code — triggering immigration and dealings bans in Canada as well as expanding the tools law enforcement authorities have to trace and seize proceeds of crime, the federal government says.
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February 21, 2025
When regulated persons are suspected of committing crimes
From a public policy perspective, there is little consensus on how regulators of professions and law enforcement agencies should co-ordinate their efforts when a registrant is suspected of committing a crime. Despite some media articles in the past (e.g., related to lawyers and physicians), few regulators even have a published policy on the topic. The policies that do exist tend to be brief and do not address the co-ordination of efforts.
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February 20, 2025
‘No basis’ for Ontario man’s negligence claim against police services board: Court of Appeal
Ontario’s top court has given clarity to what must be pleaded to advance a negligence action against a police chief and police services board.