Criminal
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October 11, 2024
Nunavut assault appeal judge decides jury conviction outweighs compurgation
A jury found Inuk Mosesie Ikkidluak guilty of three counts of sexual assault on the same complainant on three separate occasions. He asked to be granted bail while he appealed the conviction and sentence imposed.
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October 10, 2024
Proposed $70M settlement reached in TD mutual funds class action
Class actions specialist Siskinds LLP has announced that a $70.25 million settlement has been reached with TD Asset Management Inc. to resolve claims of investors who held units of a TD mutual fund trust through a discount broker. It is one of seven similar actions that Siskinds has launched challenging these types of payments to brokers.
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October 10, 2024
Ottawa takes step toward removing barriers to Indigenous Peoples’ mobility across Canada-U.S. border
Stating that it “continues to work toward long-term solutions to address Indigenous border mobility challenges” across the Canada-U.S. border, the federal government has announced “temporary measures” to waive certain requirements for eligible American Indigenous people with families in Canada who want to work or study here and to enable eligible Indigenous people from the U.S. who are already in Canada to extend their stay for up to three years.
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October 10, 2024
Canadian Judicial Council rolls out new advisory guidelines for federal judges on their social media use
“Proceed with caution” might sum up, in a nutshell, the latest official advice for judges on their use of social media.
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October 10, 2024
Facial recognition technology: A new era of bias-free policing or more of the same? | Ayderus Alawi
The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) across every segment of society over the last few years has been truly remarkable. This technology has been heralded as having the potential to transform the lives of everyday citizens while simultaneously being credited with maximizing efficiency and explosive profits for businesses through countless sectors.
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October 10, 2024
Why bail appeal was denied for 92-year-old Nygard
Peter Nygard was convicted on Nov. 23, 2023, of sexually assaulting four complainants. He was sentenced to 11 years but given credit for pretrial custody, leaving 6.7 years of imprisonment yet to be served. Nygard’s application to be released from the Toronto South Detention Centre pending his appeal was heard by a single Ontario Court of Appeal judge, Justice Lene Madsen, on Oct. 2, 2024. The decision was handed down on Oct. 7 (R. v. Nygard, 2024 ONCA 744).
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October 09, 2024
Ontario expands basic training program for police for second year running
For the second year in a row, the Ontario government is increasing enrollment in the Ontario Police College’s Basic Constable Training (BCT) program, adding 80 recruits a year starting in 2025, to bring the total number of officers trained each year to 2,080.
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October 09, 2024
Access to seized funds key to Thunder Bay drug trafficking appeal
It was April 28, 2022, when the Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal reported that a drug probe on a home in Thunder Bay’s south side resulted in the seizure of $1.6 million worth of narcotics.
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October 09, 2024
Cross-border litigator joins Hodgson Russ as partner
Hodgson Russ LLP recently announced the addition of Jennifer E. Brevorka as a partner in the firm’s Canada-U.S. cross-border litigation practices.
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October 09, 2024
Personal injury lawyers ask SCC not to make it harder for clients to sue foreign defendants
When can people injured abroad sue in Canadian courts? Does the presumption of innocence apply in non-criminal settings? When a miscarriage of justice occurs, what is the scope of an appeal court’s power to acquit when setting aside a guilty plea? These are some of the questions raised by appeals slated for the Supreme Court of Canada’s new fall session as counsel began making their arguments this week in a court building with stepped-up exterior security features, such as an imposing barricade of large cement planters.