Category: Superior Court Justice

Court Approves Sex-Abuse Settlement Against Quebec Clerics After Lawyers Lower Fees

April 25, 2023
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Quebec’s Court of Appeal has approved a $28-million settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed against the Clerics of Saint-Viateur of Canada by sexual-assault victims. A deal was reached in January 2022, but last July Quebec Superior Court Justice Thomas M. Davis said the $8 million in legal fees was excessive. The judge said that despite…

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Defence Closes Case in Sexual Assault Trial of Ex-pq Legislator Harold LeBel

November 16, 2022
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The defence for former Parti Québécois legislator Harold LeBel closed its case on Tuesday in his trial for sexual assault. Earlier in the day, Superior Court Justice Serge Francoeur called prosecutor Jérôme Simard to order because the lawyer brought up a declaration the accused made to police during his 2020 arrest. Simard told jurors LeBel had talked…

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Judge Stays Prosecution of Man Accused of Trying to Spy for China

December 15, 2021
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OTTAWA—A judge has stayed criminal proceedings against a man accused of breaching Canada’s secrets law because of an unreasonable delay in bringing the matter to trial. Ontario Superior Court Justice Michael Dambrot delivered the ruling in a brief hearing today, ending Qing Quentin Huang’s long-running case unless the Crown decides to appeal. It has been…

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