On Monday October 20, 2025, Falconers LLP partner Julian Falconer and associate Shelby Percival attended at Queens Law in Kingston, Ontario for a guest presentation on racism and policing to a group of upper year students. Students attended from two diffe...
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On the closing day of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (“NAN”) Justice Forum, NAN leadership declared a state of emergency over illegal drugs and drug-related violence, effective immediately. This follows a tragic drug-related shooting that occurred in the N...
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September 2025 / Kahnawà:ke – Robbie Dickson, Indigenous business owner of Rainbow Distribution Company, has filed a lawsuit against Revenue Quebec, challenging the ongoing disruption of the Indigenous tobacco trade between Kahnawà:ke and other First ...
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Today, representatives of the Indigenous Police Chiefs of Ontario (“IPCO”), including Executive Director Kai Liu and legal counsel Julian Falconer, appeared at a plenary session on First Nations policing at the annual AFN assembly. The panel, titled S...
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Pictured: Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation Coun. Jacob Ostaman. Photo by Jon Thompson, Ricochet Media. On Friday, August 29, 2025, the Independent First Nations Alliance (“IFNA”) and Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (“KI”) jointly launched a ...
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Falconers LLP partner Julian Falconer and Montreal-based lawyer Meaghan Daniel (current agent and former associate of Falconers LLP), recently spoke to the Winnipeg Free Press about the issue of lack of oversight for police services in Manitoba, in contra...
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On Wednesday June 18, 2025, Justice Jennifer Woollcombe sentenced Toronto Police Service (“TPS”) Constable Calvin Au (“Constable Au”) to a suspended sentence, as well as imposing a weapons prohibition for three years, at the Brampt...
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On Wednesday June 17, 2025, Toronto Police Constable Calvin Au (“Constable Au”) will be back in Court in Brampton as Justice Jennifer Woollcombe releases her sentencing decision. On November 27, 2024, Constable Au was found guilty of assault committed...
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On June 6, 2025, the Special Investigations Unit released the Director’s Report in respect of the death of Erixon Kabera (“Mr. Kabera”). Mr. Kabera died as a result of an officer involved shooting with the Hamilton Police Service on Nove...
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On Monday May 12, 2025, Toronto Police Constable Calvin Au (“Constable Au”) will be back in Court in Brampton as the Crown and Defence make sentencing submissions. On November 27, 2024, Constable Au was found guilty of assault committed against Chadd ...
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