Toronto, ON – This Wednesday, May 12th and Thursday, May 13th, the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) will begin hearing the appeal of PC Michael Theriault’s conviction for his brutal assault on Dafonte Miller in December 2016. The incident, for which The...
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Toronto, ON – Last week, Julian Falconer and Molly Churchill of Falconers LLP appeared at the Ontario Court of Appeal on behalf of the Keno-Meekis Family in their pursuit of accountability in the death of their son. In 2014, four-year old Brody Meek...
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May 7, 2021 On May 12th and 13th, 2021, the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) will begin hearing the appeal of PC Michael Theriault of the Toronto Police Service, who is appealing his conviction for his brutal attack on Dafonte Miller. PC Theriault was found...
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May 7, 2021 On Thursday May 6, 2021, Julian Falconer and Molly Churchill from Falconers LLP appeared before the Ontario Court of Appeal on behalf of the Keno-Meekis family, as they continue to pursue accountability for failures in the Ontario coronial sys...
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May 5, 2021 In recognition of broadband and other challenges relating to community access to the upcoming May 6th Court of Appeal hearing in a case brought by the family of the late Brody Meekis of Sandy Lake First Nation, the Court has granted Sandy Lake...
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May 3, 2021 On Thursday, May 6, 2021, the family of the late Brody Meekis of Sandy Lake First Nation will be asking the Court of Appeal for Ontario to give them their day in court to pursue accountability for the profound failures of Ontario’s coronial ...
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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty of murdering George Floyd, an African-American man, on May 25, 2020. Chauvin has been found guilty of all three charges brought by Minnesota prosecutors: unintentional second-degree mur...
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What does a lawyer need to consider in acting for an unpopular client? How about a popular one? On April 16, 2021, Julian Falconer of Falconers LLP participated in the Advocates’ Society program The Fearless Advocate: Litigating Polarizing Legal Issues....
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April 13, 2021 At 8am EDT on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, Thunder Bay Police Service officers Shawn Harrison, Shawn Whipple, and Susan Kaucharik will make their first appearance in disciplinary proceedings under the Police Services Act relating to their con...
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April 7, 2021 The CBC recently published an article by journalist Colin Perkel of the Canadian Press on Iskatewizaagegan No. 39 Independent First Nation’s fight for justice over the taking of water from Shoal Lake. The lake is of vital importance to the...
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