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Publication Date: July 30, 2026 - 04:00
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Compensation fund for victims of lawyers can cover more than just financial loss: ruling
July 30, 2026
In 2025, the Law Society of Ontario denied compensation to a victim client of a criminal defence lawyer who sexually exploited her, defamed her online and threatened to kill her. Now a court has issued a ruling that opens the door for victims of dishonest lawyers to be compensated for the loss of their sexual integrity — not just the loss of misappropriated money.
The bomb scare at Halifax’s U.S. consulate that shut down much of the city’s downtown last week had its echoes in Clayton Park, the suburb established in the 1960s that in recent years has been a magnet for the port city’s burgeoning population of immigrants. As downtown was swarmed by police, including bomb experts who found potentially explosive items in a car outside the consulate, the investigation took Halifax police to the quiet cul-de-sac home of the man charged in the episode. Although no alleged motive has been discussed, the suspect is from Iran, where the Islamic Regime is...
August 16, 2026 - 15:58 | Chris Lambie | National Post
The court says the man cited four court decisions that did not exist, including two he claimed were from the Supreme Court of Canada.
August 16, 2026 - 15:37 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
August 16, 2026 - 15:29 | | The Globe and Mail





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