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Stay of proceedings. A stay of proceedings is a ruling by the court in civil and criminal procedure that halts further legal process in a trial or other legal proceeding. [1] The court can subsequently lift the stay and resume proceedings based on events taking place after the stay is ordered. However, a stay is sometimes used as a device to ...
Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act. The Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act[1] (CCAA; French: Loi sur les arrangements avec les créanciers des compagnies) is a statute of the Parliament of Canada that allows insolvent corporations owing their creditors in excess of $5 million to restructure their businesses and financial affairs.
The Farm Debt Mediation Act provides that farmers cannot be forced into bankruptcy, but they can make a voluntary assignment. [14] [15] The Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act provides that a court may order a stay of proceedings with respect to specified large debtors, whether or not they have already been initiated. [16]
Right to be informed of the offence. Section 11 (a) provides that. 11. Any person charged with an offence has the right. (a) to be informed without unreasonable delay of the specific offence; The right of a person charged with an offence to be informed of the offence originated in section 510 of the Criminal Code as well as legal tradition. [1]
the court proceedings are in respect of a matter that the parties agreed to submit to arbitration; and; the party applying for a stay in favour of arbitration does so before taking any “step” in the court proceedings. A stay may be refused where an arbitration agreement is "void, inoperative or incapable of being performed":
Consumer basic concepts. For the purposes of the BIA, it is important to be able to distinguish between legal definition of "insolvent person" and one of "bankrupt".". Generally, an insolvent person is one who cannot pay his or her debts and may subsequently become bankrupt, either by assigning himself into bankruptcy, being petitioned into bankruptcy by the creditors, or being deemed to ...
Greg Mello, co-founder of the Los Alamos Study Group, said the new consent order is an accomplishment — so long as it is strong enough to result in the removal of legacy waste. "We've been down ...
Stay of proceedings and abuse of process – – R v Hutchinson 2014 SCC 19 : Offence of sexual assault and consent: Moldaver J: Karakatsanis J: Reference Re Supreme Court Act, ss 5 and 6 2014 SCC 21 : Eligibility requirements to the Supreme Court of Canada: McLachlin CJ and LeBel, Cromwell, Karakatsanis and Wagner JJ – R v Vorkura 2014 SCC 22