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Administrative law 2025 FC 44

Nome v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court dismissed a judicial review of a prison security reclassification, finding the Commissioner’s decision reasonable and supported by the intervening incidents.

  • Security classification
  • Judicial review
  • Standard of review (reasonableness)
  • Judicial-review
  • Reasonableness-review
  • Correctional-law
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Criminal law 2024 BCSC 2298

R. v. Macaulay

The court upheld Mr. Macaulay’s detention pending trial, finding continued custody justified on secondary grounds given his record, breach history, and risk to public safety.

  • Section 515 criminal code
  • Section 525 criminal code
  • Secondary grounds for detention
  • Proportionality in pretrial detention
  • Bail conditions and compliance
  • Identification evidence
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Criminal law 2023 ONCA 229

Mitchell (Re)

The Board's transfer of the appellant to Waypoint was reasonable and supported by the evidentiary record showing the appellant posed a risk that could not be managed at the medium secure facility; although the Board's engagement with Gladue principles was insufficiently detailed, that inadequacy did not render the overall disposition unreasonable in the circumstances.

  • Not criminally responsible (ncr)
  • Disposition transfer between security levels
  • Gladue principles in administrative adjudication
  • Risk assessment and public protection
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