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Arthur Gwyn Nicholson v Haldimand-Norfolk Regional Board of Commissioners of Police: Citations [1979] 1 SCR 311, 1978 CanLII 24 (SCC) Prior history: On appeal from the Court of Appeal for Ontario: Ruling: Appeal allowed: Holding; Holder of a public office is entitled to some degree of procedural fairness and must be treated fairly and not ...
The OCPC has two divisions: Adjudicative and Investigative. The divisions operate independently under one Registrar. The Adjudicative division is led by the Associate Chair and, until the Police Services Act was repealed, primarily dealt with appeals of disciplinary matters, proposals to amalgamate, reduce or abolish existing municipal police forces, budgetary disputes regarding police ...
By the Law Reform Act, 1909, [61] which came into force on 1 January 1913, the Supreme Court of Judicature for Ontario became the Supreme Court of Ontario, with two branches: (1) the Appellate Division; and (2) the High Court Division. The former was only appellate while the latter was a court of original jurisdiction; however, any judge of the ...
An information is a formal criminal charge which, depending upon the jurisdiction, either begins or continues a criminal proceeding in the courts. The information is one of the oldest common law pleadings (first appearing around the 13th century), and is nearly as old as the better-known indictment, with which it has always coexisted.
As to the form of an indictment, see the Indictments Act 1915 and the Indictment Rules 1971 made thereunder. The Indictment Rules 1971 were revoked by the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2007 [9] (on the whole) incorporated into the Criminal Procedure Rules 2010. [10] The form and content and the service of an indictment are governed by ...
The Supreme Court of Ontario was a superior court of the Canadian province of Ontario. Created in 1881 pursuant to the Ontario Judicature Act (1881), the Supreme Court of Ontario had two branches: the High Court of Justice Division and the Appellate Division. [1] The Supreme Court of Ontario was a Section 96 court with inherent jurisdiction.
Federal authorities have laid siege to Mayor Eric Adams’ administration, and their collective dragnet appears to have tightened in recent weeks as agents launched a stunning series of raids on ...
When an enactment in the United Kingdom creates an offence, it generally specifies what penalties apply on summary conviction or on conviction on indictment.In relation to England and Wales, the first expression refers to a trial in a magistrates' court without a jury before a district judge or a panel of magistrates, while the latter refers to a trial in the Crown Court by jury.