Nova Scotia Court Of Appeal

• IWK Health Centre fraud case: Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal from N.S. Crown

  Tracy Kitch, former chief executive of the IWK Health Centre, was sentenced to five months in jail in August 2022 for allegedly using a corporate credit card for personal expenses.

  Canada

  Nov 16, 2023
  
• Nova Scotia court quashes hospital CEO’s conviction for fraud, calls for new trial

  Nova Scotia's highest court has quashed the fraud conviction of a children's hospital CEO who used a corporate credit card to pay for $47,000 in personal expenses.

  Canada

  Mar 8, 2023
  
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• Supreme Court clears way for third trial in 2000 killings of Nova Scotia couple

  A man accused of killing a couple in their Hants County home more than 22 years ago will face a new trial after the Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear a Crown appeal.

  Crime

  Feb 17, 2023
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• Original decision in death of girl ‘legally flawed,’ N.S. Court of Appeal says

  Talia Forrest, a 10-year-old girl, was struck and killed by on the evening of July 11, 2019, while riding her bike with a friend on Black Rock Road in Big Bras d’Or.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2023
• New trial ordered for N.S. man acquitted in hit-and-run death of 10-year-old girl

  Colin Hugh Tweedie was acquitted of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death, impaired driving causing death, failing to stop at an accident involving death in 2022.

  Canada

  Jan 19, 2023
• Supreme Court won’t hear appeal of Nova Scotia man’s ‘Grabher’ licence plate case

  The Supreme Court of Canada won't hear an appeal by a Nova Scotia man who was seeking to reverse the revocation of a personalized licence plate bearing his surname, 'Grabher.'

  Canada

  Mar 17, 2022
• N.S. government seeks delay in housing rights hearing for people with disabilities

  Nova Scotia's government is asking to delay a human rights case involving access to housing for people with disabilities until the country's top court rules on the matter.

  Canada

  Jan 17, 2022
• N.S. government to top court: housing choice for people with disabilities not a right

  The provincial lawyers concede Nova Scotia's current system requiring some people with disabilities to live in larger facilities is not ideal.

  Canada

  Jan 9, 2022
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• Former Halifax taxi driver Bassam Al-Rawi loses appeal of sexual assault conviction

  Bassam Al-Rawi, a former Halifax taxi driver convicted of sexual assault, has had his appeal dismissed by the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal.

  Canada

  Dec 21, 2021
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• Former Nova Scotia med student awaiting second murder trial appeals bail denial

  Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice James Chipman dismissed an application for bail from William Sandeson Friday following a hearing in Halifax.

  Canada

  Oct 26, 2021