Nova Scotia’s court of appeal has quashed his conviction and granted William Sandeson a new murder trial, determining in a decision released Wednesday that his first trial should’ve been declared a mistrial after the traitorous conduct of a defence investigator came to light. In June 2017, a jury found Sandeson, now 27, guilty of first […]
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Morning File, Wednesday, January 30, 2019
News 1. Northern Pulp Mill “A permanent injunction has been granted preventing fishermen from blocking survey vessels from carrying out work for a contentious treated waste pipeline into the Northumberland Strait,” reports the Canadian Press: Justice Josh Arnold approved the injunction Tuesday after Northern Pulp and the fishermen agreed to a consent order last week. […]
Court Watch: Jimmy Melvin Jr, William Sandeson, Gabor Lukacs, and a really cool chart
Epic Season Finale Court Watch will take a break for the summer. I’m finally done law school and I’m moving to Wolfville soon for work. Tim says the column may restart in the fall, when he can rope another law student into writing. So that’ll be it for me in the hallowed pages of the...