Criminal
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April 09, 2026
Ontario Court of Appeal overturns acquittal, enters convictions in child pornography, luring case
Ontario’s top court has overturned the acquittal and taken the rare step of entering convictions against a man charged with possession of child pornography and child luring, saying the trial judge was wrong to rely on the fact that sexualized messages the accused sent online made no reference to age.
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April 09, 2026
Saskatchewan law society lists upcoming spring conferences
Saskatchewan’s law society has listed several upcoming conferences, including one exploring the use of mediation and another highlighting the contribution of Asian legal professionals.
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April 09, 2026
CFIB says SMEs facing more crime, calls on government for changes
According to new research from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, 50 per cent of Canadian small business owners reported that crime increased in their community over the past year, while only two per cent reported a decline.
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April 09, 2026
Tanzania upheld as appropriate forum in human rights abuse case against Canadian mining company
In a case of numerous alleged human rights abuses and deaths at a Tanzanian mine owned by a Canadian company, the Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld that Tanzania was the more appropriate forum than Ontario. Plaintiffs’ counsel and intervener Amnesty International stated that the decision did not advance access to justice. The case may go to the Supreme Court of Canada.
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April 09, 2026
Projects Picnic and Potluck are stark examples of surveillance overreach
It went mostly unnoticed at the time. There was no click on the line nor any strange echo. There was no warning. It was just an ordinary phone call. But this time, it was quietly copied, stored and filed away.
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April 09, 2026
ELEMENTS OF THE OFFENCE - Mens rea - Insanity or mental disorder - Finding of not criminally responsible
Appeal by Kipusi from his convictions for criminal harassment and breach of release conditions. He received a conditional sentence of five months followed by 15 months of probation. The appellant challenged his convictions and, in the alternative, his sentence.
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April 08, 2026
Restituted art: ‘Seated Man With a Cane’ returns home
The Nahmad family is one of the leading collectors of artworks in the world and are said to have amassed approximately 4,000 paintings worth about $4 billion, most of which I understand is stored in the Geneva Freeport in Switzerland. The patriarch of the family is David Nahmad, while his son Helly runs the Helly Nahmad Gallery in New York. Other members of the family are involved in different galleries in London and New York.
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April 08, 2026
U.S. decision suggests using generative AI may endanger privilege
Only three years after its release, one prominent AI platform is being used by more than 800 million people every week. — Justice J.S. Rakoff, United States District Court
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April 08, 2026
Newfoundland Court of Appeal demonstrates nuanced alternative to catch and release
Critics of Canada’s bail procedures argue that our police often practise “catch and release.” The term describes a situation where police, like fishermen, catch their prey and then release it back into the wild. The practice is criticized, even though the law aims to uphold the presumption of innocence and a person’s constitutional right to reasonable bail.
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April 08, 2026
The rule of law is not a given
Most of us who have grown up in Canada, whether we realize it or not, have always taken the rule of law for granted. We never really thought about it, or what it even was, but that is precisely the point. It has always just been there, like oxygen. You don’t think about oxygen until you have trouble breathing. We as a society are now having trouble breathing.