Criminal
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August 11, 2025
SENTENCING - Sentencing considerations - Rehabilitation - Aboriginal offenders
Appeal by Bouvier from dangerous offender designation and indeterminate sentence and application to admit new evidence.
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August 08, 2025
Federal judges seek $60K pay hike but Ottawa says no raise needed to attract senior bar to bench
Chief justices are pointing to newly disclosed data about private bar lawyers’ rising incomes and declining appointments to the bench to bolster the judiciary’s contention that inadequate judicial compensation and onerous job demands are deterring “outstanding” lawyers from seeking federal judicial appointments.
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August 08, 2025
Ontario announces expanded London Justice Centre to aid at-risk youth
The Government of Ontario has announced the opening of the London Justice Centre expansion, a “newly renovated downtown facility located in Youth Opportunities Unlimited’s (YOU) Joan’s Place.”
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August 08, 2025
New N.S. AI guidebook warns of over-reliance in legal practices
Nova Scotia’s law society is using a new guidebook to warn members against becoming over-reliant on artificial intelligence in their practices — and urging them to heed instances where lawyers ended up in hot water over its misuse.
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August 08, 2025
Ontario Court of Justice appoints seven new judges
The Ontario government has announced the appointment of seven new judges to the Ontario Court of Justice, effective Aug. 13, 2025.
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August 08, 2025
CJC issues expression of concern over Federal Court judge’s failure to disclose workplace probe
The Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) has issued a public expression of concern regarding Federal Court Justice Negar Azmudeh for failing to disclose an ongoing workplace harassment investigation during her judicial application process.
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August 05, 2025
Ontario Superior Court judge receives reprimand for 14-month delay in correcting sentencing error
A review panel of the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) has issued a public reprimand to Justice Andrew J. Goodman of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice for his failure to promptly correct a significant sentencing error, concluding that his 14-month delay in addressing the mistake constituted “injudicious conduct” that undermined public confidence in the administration of justice.
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August 08, 2025
Ontario Court of Appeal balances family situation, job loss in sentence reduction
How does a court balance the profound harm caused by sexual violence with the significant collateral consequences that imprisonment imposes on offenders and their families, especially when the offence occurred years ago?
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August 07, 2025
Jacqueline Sirois joins McDougall Gauley
McDougall Gauley LLP has announced that Jacqueline Sirois has joined the firm as an associate.
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August 07, 2025
Lack of cross-examination of videotaped statement leads to overturned conviction
On the night of Saturday, May 28, 2022, in downtown Prince Albert, Sask., Barry Pruden and his daughter were riding their bikes when a group of individuals confronted them along a riverside path behind the Prince Albert Provincial Court. One of the assailants, later identified as K.R., had a knife and stabbed Pruden multiple times.