This week at the SCC
The Supreme Court of Canada will hear the following appeals this week. These are the last of the hearings scheduled for this year.Dec. 12 — Federal Court — Halifax Regional Municipality v. R. in Right...
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The Supreme Court of Canada will hear the following appeals this week including the highly anticipated R. v. Cole, about a high school teacher who was charged after nude photos of a Grade 10 student...
View ArticleMisconduct not ‘dishonest’ enough to lose broker licence
A real estate broker involved in a mortgage scheme gets to keep his licence following an Ontario Court of Appeal ruling.Timothy Baxter, principal of brokerage firm T. Baxter Real Estate Ltd., was...
View ArticleFeds sending Nadon question directly to SCC
You wouldn’t expect to find matters relating to the Supreme Court of Canada slipped into a budget bill, but that’s what happened on Parliamnet Hill today.An amendment “respecting the criteria for...
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This week, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear four appeals, including that of a Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin who was denied flight training in this country because of an allegedly...
View ArticleFinkelstein decision lays out roadmap for OSC prosecutors
Yesterday’s decision by the Ontario Securities Commission against former deals lawyer Mitchell Finkelstein for insider tipping gives staff prosecutors a clear roadmap for proving these sorts of cases...
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This week, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear five appeals, including a challenge by CP Rail against unilateral regulation without industry consultation; three appeals related to the jurisdiction of...
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This week, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear five appeals, including a couple of agricultural cases. In one, CP Rail is challenging a law that requires it to move grain shipments from one rail line...
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