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Alberta Law Libraries is a provincial network of law libraries that provide research support and information services to the legal community, self-represented litigants and all Albertans. Alberta Law Libraries (ALL) is a provincial network of law libraries existing to provide research support and information services to the legal community (including the Judiciary, Members of the Bar, Crown..
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6d ago
Date: November 27, 2024 On appeal from the Court of Appeal for Quebec Aboriginal law — Honour of the Crown — Contracts — Good faith — Remedy — Police services — Successive tripartite agreements entered into by governments of Canada and Quebec and band council to allow Indigenous community to establish and maintain Indigenous police ..read more
Alberta Law Libraries
1w ago
[1] The appellants were convicted of nine charges of fraud and forgery. They appeal their convictions on several grounds. We conclude the trial judge erred in several manners that warrant this Court’s intervention. [2] First, the trial judge analyzed counts 3 and 5-9 as charges of forgery. Yet, he entered convictions against the accused for ..read more
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1w ago
[1] The appellant Samuel Lugela appeals his conviction for second degree murder in relation to the shooting of Abdurahaman Indiris in the early hours of September 12, 2020 outside the Portico Hookah Lounge. The appellant says the trial judge erred by identifying him as the shooter and by finding that the partial defence of provocation ..read more
Alberta Law Libraries
1w ago
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC)’s registry has been updated in response to a suit filed by the Droits Collectifs Quebec. According to the recent Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) notice, 6000 cases were removed from the open access search on SCC website that were not translated: “Some were in French, some in English, and ..read more
Alberta Law Libraries
1w ago
The Lieutenant Governor in Council refers the following question to the Court of Appeal of Alberta for hearing or consideration: Are the Impact Assessment Act, S.C. 2019, c. 28, s. 1, as amended by the Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1, S.C. 2024, c. 17, and the Physical Activities Regulations, SOR/2019-285, unconstitutional in whole or ..read more
Alberta Law Libraries
1w ago
[1] The appellant father appeals a decision permitting the respondent mother to relocate to Vancouver with their two children. In his view the trial judge put insufficient emphasis on the fact that the respondent initially relocated to Vancouver without a court order, and did not return the children to Calgary until required to do so ..read more
Alberta Law Libraries
1w ago
[1] Following Law Society of Alberta (LSA) proceedings, the appellant was found guilty of conduct deserving sanction on four citations and he admitted guilt on three citations. These seven citations related to, among other things, misappropriating funds, contravening the LSA’s accounting rules and failing to act with integrity. The appellant was disbarred and ordered to ..read more
Alberta Law Libraries
1w ago
The Lieutenant Governor in Council made the Judgment Interest Amendment Regulation (OC 315/2024; AR 182/2024) under the authority of s4 of the Judgment Interest Act. The Judgment Interest Regulation (AR 215/2011) is amended by this Regulation, which prescribes an interest rate of 4.26% per year for the period of January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025 ..read more
Alberta Law Libraries
2w ago
[1] The appellants appeal the dismissal of their application for production of their neighbour’s therapeutic records in the context of competing claims to restraining orders and contempt. Grounds of Appeal A Rule 5.13 [17] The appellants argue that the chambers judge erred in dismissing the application for production of Dr. Hinves’ records. [22] The chambers ..read more
Alberta Law Libraries
2w ago
[1] The Crown appeals Mr. Barton’s 12 ½ year sentence for unlawful act manslaughter in the death of Cindy Ivy Gladue: R v Barton, 2021 ABQB 603 (the “Decision”). [9] Importantly, “an appellate court should only substitute its own decision for a sentencing judge’s for good reason”: Friesen at para 25. [10] In keeping with ..read more