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The court sentenced Angela Davidson for seven criminal contempt counts arising from repeated injunction breaches, applying deterrence, denunciation, and Gladue principles.
The court granted Teal Cedar a further one-year extension of an interlocutory injunction, varied the application procedure, and awarded costs, finding ongoing harm and no change in the analysis.
Erika Bennett admitted criminal contempt of an injunction. The court declined jail and imposed 85 hours of community work service plus 24 months’ probation.
The court found Emily Kane guilty of criminal contempt after concluding an RCMP officer’s roadside announcement gave her actual notice of the injunction.
The court sentenced Holly Wu for criminal contempt to a $2250 fine, suspending $750 on conditions after finding her conduct more serious than some cited comparators.
The British Columbia Court of Appeal held leave to appeal was required for a pre-trial injunction and dismissed non-party applicants’ extension and leave requests.
Federal Court dismissed Ali Tahmourpour’s contempt motion, holding that the Crown cannot be found in contempt and the record showed no prima facie breach by the named RCMP officials.
The trial judge erred by imposing sentence without affording the appellant an opportunity to make submissions on sentence; given the appellant was a first offender, employed and had served 83 days, the appropriate disposition was to reduce the custodial sentence to time already served.
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Because Mr. Maurice Prefontaine repeatedly engaged in abusive, disruptive and threatening conduct during proceedings, had prior criminal contempt findings and a documented history corroborated by registry reports and a psychiatric assessment, the Court properly exercised its inherent jurisdiction to impose targeted and proportionate restrictions: prohibiting him from representing parties, requiring legal representation, barring registry attendance and limiting communication to registered mail or courier to safeguard the administration of justice.
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Maurice Prefontaine's appeal is dismissed for lack of standing because he was not a party to the proceedings below and no order was made against him; Rose Prefontaine's appeal is dismissed on the merits because the Tax Court judge's factual findings and conclusions on the deductibility and reasonableness of claimed business expenses were adequately justified and no error of law or fact was demonstrated; given Maurice Prefontaine's persistent abusive and disruptive conduct the Court lawfully imposed narrowly tailored restrictions to protect court staff, the judiciary and the administration of…
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