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In most provinces, trespass to land may also constitute a provincial offence (e.g. Ontario's Trespass to Property Act [14] which provides for compensation for property owners and extinguishes the right to sue under tort law where a property owner receives such compensation under section 12 of the act) but not a criminal offence as criminal law ...
In Canada (Attorney General) v. Federation of Law Societies of Canada, 2015 SCC 7, it was held as a principle of fundamental justice that the state cannot impose obligations on lawyers that undermine their duty of commitment to clients. The case arose in the content of federal money laundering legislation which required lawyers to retain ...
Victims of serious violent crimes, as well as their dependents, in Estonia are entitled to state compensation under the Victim Support Act. Such compensation has a cap and includes loss of income, damages due to death, funeral expenses, among other damages. [69] [70]
In Canada, homicide is the act of causing death to another person through any means, directly or indirectly. Homicide can either be culpable or non-culpable, with the former being unlawful under a category of offences defined in the Criminal Code, a statute passed by the Parliament of Canada that applies uniformly across the country.
In R. v. Morin, [1992] 1 S.C.R. 771, the Supreme Court of Canada clarified the test set out in Askov, noting that the accused bears a certain onus to demonstrate actual prejudice as a result of delay. In cases of very extensive delay, however, the court found that prejudice could be inferred.
At the same time that the Ontario Human Rights Commission was created, the government of the day, led by Premier Leslie Frost introduced an amendment to the Fair Accommodation Practices Act to prohibit discrimination because of race, colour or creed in the renting of apartments in buildings which contain more than six units.
The Canadian Human Rights Act [1] (French: Loi canadienne sur les droits de la personne) is a statute passed by the Parliament of Canada in 1977 with the express goal of extending the law to ensure equal opportunity to individuals who may be victims of discriminatory practices based on a set of prohibited grounds.
2001 - Alberta - Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment Act [4] [5] 2001 - Ontario - Civil Remedies Act; 2004 - Manitoba - The Criminal Property Forfeiture Act; 2005 - British Columbia - Civil Forfeiture Act; 2007 - Quebec - An Act respecting the forfeiture, administration and appropriation of proceeds and instruments of unlawful activity ...