Quebec Secret Trial
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Quebec ‘secret trial’: Supreme Court partly allows appeal by mediaThe original case involved an informant who was convicted of participating in a crime that he or she had revealed to police in Quebec.CanadaJun 7, 2024
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Quebec secret trial: Informant suing police for $5.8MThe unnamed informant accuses police officers of acting in bad faith by reneging on the co-operation deal and then allegedly blackmailing him or her.CrimeSep 11, 2023
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Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal from media over Quebec secret trialThe case was not given a docket number, and its details were kept secret, including the nature of the crime,where it allegedly took place, and the name of the judge and lawyers.CrimeMar 16, 2023
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Quebec Court of Appeal says details of secret trial must remain hidden from publicQuebec's Court of Appeal has rejected requests to publicly disclose details about a secret trial involving a police informant. The decision was made on Wednesday.CanadaJul 20, 2022
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Lawyers ask Quebec Court of Appeal to shed more light on secret trialThe trial's existence only became public earlier this year because a police informant accused in the case appealed his or her conviction.CrimeJun 6, 2022
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Quebec court chief judge seeks access to sealed documents in secret trial caseRondeau's filing states she will take all necessary steps to protect the identity of the police informant and respect other conditions regarding the release of the case's details.CrimeApr 4, 2022
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Quebec justice minister vows no more shadow trials as feds express concernA criminal trial in Quebec was kept off the court docket. The identity of the judge, the parties and even the date and place where it took place were kept secret.CanadaMar 31, 2022
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Quebec media pen letter denouncing criminal trial held in secret, kept off court docketThe existence of the trial only became public because the police informant accused in the case appealed his or her conviction.CanadaMar 30, 2022
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