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The Tribunal joined two human rights complaints by E.F. against Correctional Service Canada into one inquiry, finding common factual and legal issues and no sufficient prejudice.
The Tribunal granted Correctional Service Canada’s motion to strike portions of Ron Mayers’ pleadings as outside the scope of the complaint referred by the Commission.
The Tribunal denied the Respondent’s motion, holding that monetary remedies for alleged victims did not exceed the scope of this representative CHRA complaint.
The Court of Appeal for Ontario granted fresh evidence on harsh pre-sentence custody conditions but dismissed Alexander Clarke’s sentence appeal, finding no basis to reduce the nine-year global sentence.
Case management ruling in a CHRA proceeding about witness objections, document production, and pre-hearing admissibility of third-party reports.
The court found Cody Rae Haevischer guilty of contempt after he repeatedly refused, despite directions, to answer Crown questions in cross-examination. Duress was rejected.
The court accepted the joint recommended sentences because they appropriately reflected denunciation and deterrence, accounted for aggravating factors (serious, life‑threatening violence and weapons), gave weight to the offender's criminal record, and balanced mitigating evidence including addiction, mental health issues and culturally informed rehabilitation prospects (IRCA); the totality principle supported the specific concurrent and consecutive structure producing a 9‑year aggregate, with an agreed 1.5:1 credit for 2 years 8 months remand reducing the go‑forward term to 6 years 4 months,…
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The Tribunal refused CSC’s motion to exclude witness evidence, but narrowed the scope of questioning and documents to keep the hearing proportionate.
Given the high moral culpability arising from repeated intimate‑partner and child assaults, including multiple non‑consensual sexual acts and choking, a global custodial sentence of four years is proportionate; enhanced remand credit was refused because conditions did not meet the exceptionally punitive threshold though remand credit at 1.5:1 was applied; concurrency and consecutive structure adopted as described to produce an aggregate sentence that is not excessive; ancillary orders granted.
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La Cour fédérale accueille le contrôle judiciaire de Christopher Lill, concluant que le décideur a omis d’examiner des éléments essentiels du grief et renvoie l’affaire.
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