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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 ...
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]
The courts have also held that "salary or compensation (in whatever form they may take), are in my view a purely economic right, and are not protected by section 7". [ 13 ] Theoretically, security of the person would be breached if the government limits a person's ability to make an income, by denying welfare , taking away property essential to ...
Victims Compensation Tribunal; Victims of Crime Act of 1984; Victims' Rights Amendment; W. Weregild; Wrongful death claim
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 ...
The victim is a police officer or prison employee. They committed the murder while committing or attempting to commit the hijacking of an aircraft, sexual assault, [ a ] kidnapping, forcible confinement, hostage taking, criminal harassment, intimidation, an offence in relation to a criminal organization, or an offence that constitutes terrorist ...
Consequently, some legal scholars propose to replace tort compensation with a social security framework that serves victims without respect to cause or fault. [ 1 ] [ b ] Proposals for tort reform primarily centre on addressing perceived deficits in four areas of tort law: personal injury lawsuits, medical malpractice , product liability , and ...
The definition of "true penal consequence" has been a matter or regular debate in the Canadian courts, and remains unclear in many contexts. In civil forfeiture proceedings, for example, courts have found that " taking a person’s property away from that person has a punitive component ," and various defendants have argued that the rights of ...