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Supreme Court agrees to weigh in on ‘extreme intoxication’ defenceThe Ontario Court of Appeal had set aside convictions in two cases after finding part of the law unconstitutional.CanadaDec 23, 2020
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Couple has no home, kids together but still considered spouses, Ontario’s top court rulesA 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.CrimeSep 10, 2020
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Ontario woman wins bid to sue Roman Catholic diocese, again, over sexual abuseIrene 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.CrimeMay 22, 2020
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Supreme Court of Canada to review Ontario ruling that jeopardized multiple verdictsCanada'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.CanadaMay 7, 2020
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Ontario appeal court rules some changes to jury selection process were misapplied in 1st-degree murder caseThe 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.CanadaJan 23, 2020
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Man who raped sleeping woman has sentence reduced by Ontario Appeal Court over planning issueIn 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.CrimeJan 17, 2020
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Recruiting centre attacker not a one-man terrorist group, Ontario Appeal Court rulesOntario'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.CrimeDec 20, 2019
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Appeal court orders new trial for Ottawa man, ex-lover convicted in murder of Jagtar GillBhupinderpal 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.CrimeDec 11, 2019
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Supreme Court lets stand 9-year pornography sentence for Toronto-area daycare supervisorThe decision comes after the Ontario Court of Appeal affirmed in March that the sentence is appropriate.CrimeOct 10, 2019
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Man found not criminally responsible in Toronto military centre stabbing can go to college alone: appeal courtThe appeal court says the Ontario Review Board considered all the required factors last year in granting Ayanle Hassan Ali permission to attend Mohawk College unaccompanied while he continues to be held at a secure Hamilton hospital.CrimeJul 15, 2019
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