20+ hour, 4+ min ago   (445+ words) The province modernized the Public Safety Act to tackle criminal activity and update 911 services Nova Scotia has amended and introduced laws to address new public safety issues such as intimate image abuse. The province updated the Public Safety Act, including…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (310+ words) Legal bodies are paying tribute to the late Ritu Khullar following the announcement of her death last Thursday September 3. Khullar has been Alberta’s chief justice since November 2022. She was also chief justice of the appeals courts for the Northwest Territories…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (436+ words) Investment to add as many as three family court support workers in further locations The Ministry of Attorney General of British Columbia has announced it will receive funding of over $3 million for 2026–27 for initiatives addressing recommendations to improve how the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (747+ words) Videos on convicted man’s devices recorded woman in work bathroom, plus 116 other people In a proceeding involving a man convicted of voyeurism based on videos on his devices that recorded more than a hundred individuals, the Alberta Court of King’s…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (613+ words) Judge finds intentional infliction of mental suffering on wife who witnessed shooting The British Columbia Supreme Court ordered a man who trespassed on a married couple’s residence to pay total damages of $1,046,286 to the husband whom he shot and to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (878+ words) The Keeping Criminals Behind Bars Act uses real human suffering to manufacture a political grievance Back in December, I wrote about Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s plan to impose cash bail in Ontario and called it an unconstitutional disaster. Well, the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (430+ words) Lawyers facilitated the release of a prisoner who had been serving the unlawfully imposed sentence The UK Court of Appeal has lauded London-based solicitor Baxter Jephcott and counsel Stephen Knight for flagging the unlawful sentence imposed on Niki Dean Haycock…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (425+ words) Investigators found illegal interest rates and intimidation tactics used to collect debts An investigation by Alberta's Consumer Investigations Unit (CIU) has resulted in guilty pleas, fines and court-ordered restrictions after investigators found Quebec-based companies charged illegal interest rates and used…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (148+ words) Org sues Manitoba, Canada over province’s alleged ‘extreme underfunding’ of criminal legal aid Canadian Lawyer Org sues Manitoba, Canada over province’s alleged ‘extreme underfunding’ of criminal legal aid The Canadian Civil Liberties Association says its lawsuit is the first of…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (327+ words) Lawsuit stems from a video shared on social media about a shipment of horses from Manitoba to Japan Animal Justice has asked a Manitoba court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit brought by a live horse exporter and its owner under…...