A Salmon Arm lawyer views an inmate testing positive for COVID-19 at Okanagan Correctional Centre in Oliver as “a huge problem.” Prior to pandemic warnings, defence lawyer Ian McTavish would go to OCC once a month to see clients. He emphasizes he is not an expert in the virus nor is he an expert in prison management. However, he sees controlling the spread of the virus in the corrections centre as a tough task. “That’s the worry, they’re human beings and they’re kept in close proximity to each other so it’s a huge problem.” He can see the virus potentially “spreading like wildfire.” He estimates there are 30 people, maybe more, on...
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Robert F Kennedy: Search for granddaughter and her young son Share this with Facebook Share this with Messenger Share this with Facebook Share this with WhatsApp Share this with Messenger Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Maeve Kennedy McKean, pictured here with her husband and their children, was last seen with her son on Thursday Authorities are searching for Maeve Kennedy McKean, 41 - granddaughter of assassinated presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy - and her young son. Mrs McKean and her son, eight-year-old Gideon, were last seen on Thursday evening in a canoe off Chesapeake Bay. "They just got farther out than they could handle and couldn't get back in," said Ms...
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Whether you see yourself as a trial attorney, in-house counsel or judge, you first need to get your hands on a law degree. Canada has some fantastic law schools, but before you start your applications, there are four things you should be aware of: 1. You’ll need to complete a 3-year postgraduate degree before you can practice. In Québec, Civil Law, based on French Napoleonic Law, is practiced. In the rest of Canada, the legal system is based on the English Common Law Code. Canada has 25 law schools: 6 offer Civil Law and 19 offer Common Law Education 3. If you gain a law degree for a particular legal system, you will only be able to practice law in areas under that...
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Laid off? How to apply for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit Uncertainty looms across the country as the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic pushes the economy toward a recession that some expect to be worse than the 2008 financial crisis. With more than two in five households out of work, nearly every Canadian has taken a financial hit, and those who haven't are living in fear of the possibility that they soon might. © Provided by The Canadian Press For young workers who've been laid off with little in the way of accumulated emergency savings to fall back on, things may feel scarier than they've ever been. The saving grace, says Shannon Lee Simmons, founder and certified...
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Top News Halifax immigration lawyer Lee Cohen says refugees should be treated no differently at the border than others who are coming to Canada. - Maria Weigl / File HALIFAX, N.S. — The federal government's decision to deny asylum seekers and refugee claimants entry to Canada from the U.S. to limit the spread of COVID-19 is inhumane and illegal, experts say. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced recently that individuals entering Canada from the U.S. to make an asylum claim will be sent back to the U.S., noting the new measures are “temporary” but are part of a necessary response to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic. Asylum seekers were already denied entry to...
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SINGAPORE - A man succeeded in his appeal against having to help pay for his son's degree studies overseas, with the High Court ruling on Tuesday (March 24) that maintaining a child does not extend to paying for all his education expenses. Justice Choo Han Teck said the son, a polytechnic graduate, will have to find his own means to study in Canada. At issue in the case had been a relevant provision in the Women's Charter under Section 69 for the duty of a parent to provide maintenance in relation to a child above 21 years old, including payouts necessary for his education. But Justice Choo said in his judgment that the provision is not meant to be used by a child "after he has reached...
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By Anna Mehler Paperny and Tessa Vikander TORONTO/VANCOUVER March 24 (Reuters) - Canadian lawyers and government prosecutors are joining forces to get people out of provincial jails by accelerating bail hearings amid fears of a coronavirus outbreak in the close quarters. Lawyers are volunteering to put together bail applications for people in detention, and for those with non-violent infractions, try to get them released based on time already served. "The concern is that a jail sentence can potentially become a death sentence for those that are there," Toronto lawyer Daniel Brown said. "What we see is really a team effort by all the justice participants to ensure that bail hearings proceed...
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A Victoria defence lawyer is worried about the potential effect COVID-10-related closures in the provincial court could have on the rights of the accused to safe confinement and a fair trial. B.C. Supreme and provincial courts have suspended all regular operations effective immediately until further notice, though adjustments will be made to accommodate the hearing of urgent matters. In-custody criminal trials, bail hearings, urgent out of custody criminal trials, and other urgent trials or hearings as ordered by a judge will only be heard at one of six hub locations, unless otherwise ordered. Donald J. McKay says despite the fact the courts are being careful to identify these adjournments...
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With isolation, abuse activists fear an 'explosive cocktail' “Safer at Home.” It’s a slogan of choice for the mandatory confinement measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus. But it’s not true for everyone. As the world’s families hunker down, there’s another danger, less obvious but just as insidious, that worries advocates and officials: a potential spike in domestic violence as victims spend day and night trapped at home with their abusers, with tensions rising, nowhere to escape, limited or no access to friends or relatives — and no idea when it will end. “An abuser will use anything in their toolbox to exert their power and control, and COVID-19 is...
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By Anna Mehler Paperny and Tessa Vikander TORONTO/VANCOUVER (Reuters) – Canadian lawyers and government prosecutors are joining forces to get people out of provincial jails by accelerating bail hearings amid fears of a coronavirus outbreak in the close quarters. Lawyers are volunteering to put together bail applications for people in detention, and for those with non-violent infractions, try to get them released based on time already served. “The concern is that a jail sentence can potentially become a death sentence for those that are there,” Toronto lawyer Daniel Brown said. “What we see is really a team effort by all the justice participants to ensure that bail...
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