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Online surveillance critics accused of supporting child porn
The "Act to enact the Investigating and Preventing Criminal Electronic Communications Act and to amend the Criminal Code and other acts" appeared Monday on the parliamentary website that lists bills scheduled to be introduced.
Updated: 02/14/2012 07:12A
McMurtry, Greenspan & Doob: Harper's incoherent crime policy
One in seven Canadian males has a criminal record. There are known, effective ways to reduce crime. Changing criminal laws alone will have little if any impact on crime. The Harper crime policy is less than the sum of its parts because it does not add
Updated: 02/14/2012 07:00A
Arsenic law, Bay restoration fee face hearing
(Health and Government Operations) • HB188: "Criminal Law Controlled Dangerous Substances Synthetic Cannabinoids." Listing specified chemical compounds, known as synthetic cannabinoids, as designated controlled dangerous substances that may not be
Updated: 02/14/2012 06:54A
Arsenic law, Bay restoration fee face hearing
(Health and Government Operations) • HB188: "Criminal Law Controlled Dangerous Substances Synthetic Cannabinoids." Listing specified chemical compounds, known as synthetic cannabinoids, as designated controlled dangerous substances that may not be
Updated: 02/14/2012 06:54A
Increase in compensation orders in 2011
The total number of compensation orders increased to 82 in 2011 from 31 in 2010 after the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 (CPC 2010) took effect on Jan 2, 2011. Out of these 82 orders, more than 75 per cent were made in relation to cases involving the
Updated: 02/14/2012 06:07A
Australia urged to seek Asian recruits for ICC
"Asia cannot afford to lag behind like this. Our region is not immune to Rome Statute crimes," he said. "Only by becoming part of the evolving system of international justice can Asia influence its development." He says Australia's involvement in
Updated: 02/14/2012 05:05A
CMS Cameron McKenna | Ukraine: recent developments in data protection legislation
In June 2011 the Parliament of Ukraine adopted the Law strengthening administrative and criminal liability for failure to comply with the data protection laws (the "Law"). The Law establishes greater sanctions (in particular, financial sanctions) for
Updated: 02/14/2012 05:02A
Lord Justice Moses and the 161 criteria
QASA, the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates, will regulate all advocates appearing in the criminal courts of England and Wales, whether they be barristers, solicitors or chartered legal executives. Regulators from the three branches of the legal
Updated: 02/14/2012 05:01A
Andrew Trollope Talks Fraud, Law and Football at Soccerex European Forum
will be speaking at the Soccerex European Forum in a session entitled 'Fraud, Law and Football'. Andrew is a highly experienced practising barrister specialising in business crime, regulatory, tax, money-laundering and asset recovery cases.
Updated: 02/14/2012 04:57A
SJC rules pinch of pot still a crime
Keefner's lawyer, David Skeels, said he conceded that the 2008 law didn't apply to those who were attempting to sell or distribute less than an ounce of marijuana. But he argued that the law intended to shield from criminal charges people who were
Updated: 02/14/2012 04:50A
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