Monday, November 11, 2019 @ 5:06 PM
Ontario’s Divisional Court is telling family law lawyers to stop routinely applying for permission to appeal temporary support orders. That message was delivered loudly and clearly when the court recently took the extraordinary step of issuing reasons for dismissing Imran Khan’s bid to appeal a temporary spousal and child support order: Lokhandwala v. Khan 2019 ONSC 6346. ... [read more]
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 @ 8:54 AM
Nova Scotia’s court system has taken a big leap in its embracing of technology after a recent high-profile financial fraud case went almost completely digital. This latest move towards greater use of technology in the justice system came in the form of enhancements to Courtroom 502 at the Halifax Law Courts — changes made in preparation for the September appeal of disgraced tech executives Daniel Potter and Blois Colpitts. ... [read more]
Monday, November 11, 2019 @ 10:46 AM
As the legal profession struggles with ensuring a more inclusive and open profession, Manitoba has established an equity officer to co-ordinate its efforts on equality and ensuring no one is subject to harassment and discrimination by a lawyer. But whereas the title may be unique to law societies in Canada, the officeholder says what she does is not. ... [read more]
Monday, November 11, 2019 @ 9:34 AM
Nearly five months ago, the British Columbia Court of Appeal held that indefinite, prolonged solitary confinement violates prisoners’ rights to life, liberty and security of the person under Charter s. 7, and the B.C. Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) and the John Howard Society of Canada (JHSC), which were involved in that case, now seek a similar finding from the Supreme Court of Canada, which has yet to rule on the constitutionality of administrative segregation. ... [read more]
Friday, November 08, 2019 @ 3:57 PM
The Ontario Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching, ruling that the trial judge erred by transforming the “absence of a proven motive to fabricate into a proven lack of motive.” Counsel for the appellant said the court is “signalling quite clearly” that it’s inappropriate for the Crown to ask an accused why a complainant “would make up an allegation.” ... [read more]
