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Convicted Ottawa terrorist to challenge anti-terrorism law before Supreme Court
The appeal is to be heard with two other terrorism cases, possibly this fall — a decade after the 2001 act reshaped important legal concepts and the landscape of Canadian criminal law. "I think the Supreme Court has decided there is a critical mass of
Updated: 06/30/2011 10:29P
Supreme Court to hear challenge to anti-terror law
The appeal is to be heard with two other terrorism cases, possibly this fall —a decade after the 2001 act reshaped important legal concepts and the landscape of Canadian criminal law. “I think the Supreme Court has decided there is a critical mass of
Updated: 06/30/2011 10:17P
Elish Angiolini returns to court for civil cases
The former prosecutor is swapping criminal law for civil practice, and will join the Terra Firma chambers, which specialises in property, planning, commercial and administrative law, as an advocate in September. Sir Menzies Campbell and Lord Wallace of
Updated: 06/30/2011 10:06P
Independent commission to probe Bahrain violence
The commission, headed by expert in criminal law Mahmud Sharif Bassiouni, brings together a team of politically independent figures with extensive expertise in international human rights law. "The events which took place in February and March were
Updated: 06/30/2011 07:39P
Terror suspect Mohammad Momin Khawaja. (Supplied Photo)
The two men, like Khawaja claim that the term "terrorist activity" in the criminal code is "unconstitutionally overbroad" and that the law contravenes section 7 of the Charter of Rights which guarantees "life, liberty and security of the person.
Updated: 06/30/2011 05:20P
DPP moves to university post
Professor David Dixon, Dean of Law at UNSW, said: “Cowdery was not only the most prestigious prosecutor in our state's history, but he was also one of the best at taking a very public stance in calling for reform in criminal justice.
Updated: 06/30/2011 05:13P
National Assembly passes bill on probe rights
Previously, the criminal code did not recognize the police's freedom to open investigations, while mandating that they carry out a probe under the supervision of prosecutors. Police complained that this did not reflect the reality that they have long
Updated: 06/30/2011 04:08P
Supreme Court grants leave to rule on definition of terrorist activity
“Motive, used as an essential element for a crime, is foreign to criminal law, humanitarian law, and the law regarding crimes against humanity,” Rutherford ruled in October 2006. “While the hate motive may be an aggravating factor at sentencing,
Updated: 06/30/2011 03:25P
Supreme Court will look at
“Motive, used as an essential element for a crime, is foreign to criminal law, humanitarian law, and the law regarding crimes against humanity,” Rutherford ruled in October 2006. “While the hate motive may be an aggravating factor at sentencing,
Updated: 06/30/2011 03:25P
ZLHR deplores renewed onslaught against journalists
journalist Patience Nyangove and company representative Loud Ramakgapola were arrested by the police on Wednesday 29 June 2011 and charged with criminal defamation for allegedly contravening Section 96 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform)
Updated: 06/30/2011 02:21P
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