Wednesday, October 20, 2021 @ 10:45 AM
Ontario’s Appeal Court acknowledging the existence of anti-Black racism and its impacts as part of a ruling in a recent gun-crime case is a “step in the right direction,” but judges should be required to consider racism in the sentencing of all Black offenders, says an advocate. ... [read more]
Wednesday, October 20, 2021 @ 4:13 PM
A civil rights group has launched a legal challenge to stop the use of prolonged lockdowns in Canada’s prison system. The suit filed by the B.C. Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) alleges that prison wardens are isolating people in prison in long-term solitary confinement, by using lockdowns and “restrictive movement routines” where wardens lock down entire institutions or set highly restrictive schedules that isolate people to their cells for days, weeks and even months at a time, and those practices violate prisoners’ constitutional rights. ... [read more]
Wednesday, October 20, 2021 @ 4:08 PM
The Supreme Court of Canada has reminded trial judges how to correctly apply the three-factor Grant test for excluding illegally obtained evidence. ... [read more]
Wednesday, October 20, 2021 @ 10:53 AM
An Alberta judge has ordered a Calgary-based pastor and his brother to include positive messaging about public health restrictions after being convicted of contempt for defying a court order enforcing community compliance of the province’s COVID-19 response, a move which is raising concerns about its constitutionality and whether it amounts to compelled speech. ... [read more]
Wednesday, October 20, 2021 @ 10:39 AM
The Charter allows public sector employees to “have meaningful input into their work environment” but leaves room for governments to “pass broad-based, time-limited wage restraint legislation” in the name of managing the public purse, says a Manitoba lawyer acting in a case involving a temporary wage cap. ... [read more]
Non-liability clause signed by two commercial entities does limit damages in business dispute: SCC 
