Legal news roundup - April 27, 2015
CanadaTeen girl charged over cyber threat related to high school investigation, Canadian PressAlberta justice minister resigns due to family related legal matter, Canadian PressNewfoundland man charged...
View ArticleRuling deals with when a sexual offender isn’t a dangerous offender
An Ontario judge has rejected a dangerous offender application in the case of a man who sexually assaulted two children despite a previous record involving a similar offence.According to the defence...
View ArticleLegal news roundup - April 28, 2015
CanadaGuilty Nova Scotia men to be sentenced in bus shelter murder, Canadian PressMan sentenced for break and enter then lying with teen girl in bed, Canadian PressTeen that sexted convicted of child...
View Article‘Tricky’ to predict who will replace Justice Rothstein
The announcement last week by Justice Marshall Rothstein that he is retiring means that Prime Minister Stephen Harper has an opportunity to appoint his eighth judge to the Supreme Court of...
View ArticleLegal news roundup - April 29, 2015
CanadaJudge to deliver verdict in drunk driving case of Nova Scotia politician, Canadian PressMan charged with second-degree murder after 3 dead people found in home, Canadian PressJudge orders...
View ArticleMetis law prof called to bar at 71
At 71, Paul Chartrand, a retired law professor, published author, and internationally recognized expert on indigenous law and policy, is trying something new – private practice.On April 27, Chartrand...
View ArticleNSBS at-large reps elected
Three new council members were elected to the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society on Monday in the at-large election.A total of 915 members cast ballots in the at-large poll, or 31.46 per cent of a...
View ArticleLegal news roundup - April 30, 2015
CanadaEdmonton man guilty of murdering ex-girlfriend then burning her body in car, Canadian PressTeen charged with second-degree murder of girl in Whitehorse, Canadian PressWoman charged for hacking...
View ArticleExpert witnesses need not be independent, Supreme Court rules
Expert witnesses who are not independent can nonetheless provide independent testimony — so ruled the Supreme Court of Canada today in White Burgess Langille Inman v. Abbott and Haliburton, a finely...
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