Prosecutors in #BC have withdrawn cases against nearly 150 protesters who were arrested for participating in a blockade around old-growth logging on #VancouverIsland after a judge this year found #RCMP Mounties did not read the full text of a court order to the group.

The action comes hours after the Supreme Court of Canada #SCC said it would not hear the Crown's appeal of another protester's acquittal.

#ClimateChange #FairyCreek #LawCanada 🇨🇦

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fairy-creek-protester-acquitted-supreme-court-of-canada-1.6932563?cmp=rss

Supreme Court of Canada #SCC refuses to hear appeal from #BC churches opposed to #COVID19 ruling

The churches out of #Langley, #Abbotsford, and #Chilliwack had argued that their #Charter rights were violated when provincial restrictions banned indoor religious services at the height of the #pandemic.

#LawFedi #LawCanada 🇨🇦

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/supreme-court-of-canada-refuses-to-hear-appeal-from-b-c-churches-opposed-to-covid-19-ruling-1.6513874

Interesting #BCCA decision yesterday.

Defence counsel rejects Crown's proposed 45-day joint sentencing submission, hoping for a conditional discharge despite the judge's warning that even 45 days might be inadequate. At sentencing, w/ no joint submission before him, the judge imposed 6 months' imprisonment.

Appeal allowed--defence should've known that 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘺-𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘬 may have tied the judge's hands, so it was #IneffectiveAssistance to reject Crown's proposal!

#LawCanada

https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcca/doc/2023/2023bcca319/2023bcca319.html

A #BC Supreme Court judge has denied a Surrey veterinary hospital’s application for an interim injunction to remove or delete TikTok videos before a trial that the hospital claims are #defamatory.

It's the latest development in the legal fight over a series of videos — including one that's racked up over 800,000 views — that are highly critical of the hospital. #LawCanada

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tik-tok-injunction-denied-1.6923924

(https://canlii.ca/t/jt108):
- they didn't blow it away from the bench. They took 2 weeks! Still fast, no harm done, but so much more quality control possible!
- they block quoted the reasons below that they agreed with, they didn't just say "substantially for the reasons of"!! This is great, makes their holdings much easier to find on #CanLII

Also it was unanimous (Côté J wasn't on the panel) and the taxman won! What's not to love?

#canlaw #lawcanada #scc