Ontario Appeal COurt

• Millard, Smich murder appeals reopen wounds for victim’s family, 10 years later

  When Dellen Millard and Mark Smich make their appeals before Ontario's highest court, they will be entitled to reduced sentences for their multiple murder convictions.

  Crime

  Mar 12
  
• Supreme Court agrees to weigh in on ‘extreme intoxication’ defence

  The Ontario Court of Appeal had set aside convictions in two cases after finding part of the law unconstitutional.

  Canada

  Dec 23, 2020
  
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• Couple has no home, kids together but still considered spouses, Ontario’s top court rules

  A wealthy businessman will have to pay more than $50,000 a month in spousal support for 10 years to a woman with whom he had a long-term romantic relationship, Ontario's top court has ruled.

  Crime

  Sep 10, 2020
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• Ontario woman wins bid to sue Roman Catholic diocese, again, over sexual abuse

  Irene Deschenes initially filed a lawsuit in 1996 alleging she was sexually abused by Father Charles Sylvestre in the early 1970s and that the London diocese failed to prevent it.

  Crime

  May 22, 2020
• Supreme Court of Canada to review Ontario ruling that jeopardized multiple verdicts

  Canada's highest court has agreed to review an Ontario ruling that could cause scores of criminal cases in that province to be thrown out over how changes to the jury selection process were applied.

  Canada

  May 7, 2020
• Ontario appeal court rules some changes to jury selection process were misapplied in 1st-degree murder case

  The appeal was launched by Pardeep Singh Chouhan, whose first-degree murder trial had reached the jury selection phase on the same day the changes laid out in the legislation came into force.

  Canada

  Jan 23, 2020
• Man who raped sleeping woman has sentence reduced by Ontario Appeal Court over planning issue

  In its unanimous decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal rejected a bid by Saied Ghadghoni to overturn his conviction but said his 30-month sentence was too harsh.

  Crime

  Jan 17, 2020
• Recruiting centre attacker not a one-man terrorist group, Ontario Appeal Court rules

  Ontario's top court rejected the idea that someone committing a terrorist act could legally be considered to be acting for, or in association with, a group of which the person was the only member.

  Crime

  Dec 20, 2019
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• Appeal court orders new trial for Ottawa man, ex-lover convicted in murder of Jagtar Gill

  Bhupinderpal Gill and Gurpreet Ronald were found guilty in 2016 of first-degree murder in the death of Jagtar Gill, who was discovered beaten, stabbed and with her throat slashed in the family's home in 2014.

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  Dec 11, 2019
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• Supreme Court lets stand 9-year pornography sentence for Toronto-area daycare supervisor

  The decision comes after the Ontario Court of Appeal affirmed in March that the sentence is appropriate.

  Crime

  Oct 10, 2019