A look at this week’s global legal news
Women advocates of the LEAF organization to publish resource guide to accessing abortion in Nova Scotia
An organization dedicated to protecting the legal rights of women in Canada is set to publish a resource guide to abortion in Nova Scotia on Monday.
“It summarizes the law on access to abortion and reproductive choice in a really easy-to-read, 17-page little guide,” said Sarah Baddeley, the Halifax chair of the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) in an interview.
“The goal is to make sure that we are clear and transparent about what the law is in Canada and to give people a resource in navigating the medical system.”
U.S. judge halts Trump administration policy of sending asylum-seekers back to Mexico.
A U.S. judge on Monday halted the Trump administration’s policy of sending some asylum seekers back across the southern border to wait out their cases in Mexico, stopping a program the government planned to expand to stem a recent flood of migrants.
The ruling is slated to take effect on Friday, 12 April 2019, according to the order by U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg in San Francisco. The preliminary injunction will apply nationwide.
In a late night tweet, U.S. President Donald Trump said, “A 9th Circuit Judge just ruled that Mexico is too dangerous for migrants. So unfair to the U.S. OUT OF CONTROL!”
High-profile Hamilton lawyer loses licence after allegedly misappropriating funds in Caledonia lawsuit
A Hamilton lawyer connected to a class-action lawsuit over a land dispute near Caledonia has lost his licence to practice law.
Ontario’s Law Society Tribunal released the decision to revoke John Wallace Findlay’s licence claiming “professional misconduct” and ordering the attorney to pay $1.75 million in reparations and $52,000 in tribunal legal costs.
Findlay represented over 800 plaintiffs in a land dispute that began in 2006 and ended with a $20-million settlement reached with the Ontario government in 2011.
Practice of summoning officers to court is not proper, says SC
The bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Hemant Gupta observed this in an appeal, while noticing that numerous orders were passed by the High Court from time to time seeking personal presence of the officers of the State. The High Court had passed such orders in contempt applications filed by some employees against orders declining their claim for regularisation and/or minimum of pay scale.
Res Judicata Principle also applicable to labour/industrial proceedings, reiterates SC
The Supreme Court has reiterated that principle of Res Judicata defined in Section 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure also applies to the labour/industrial proceedings. The High Court, on the plea by Trade unions, held that this reference made by the State to the Labour Court was not barred by res judicata. The single bench awarded 30% of the wages payable to each employee instead of granting them a relief of reinstatement in service. This order was upheld by the division bench of the High Court.
