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Investigations Abound in Dafonte Miller Case

On July 27-28, 2017, two separate investigations were launched concerning the Dafonte Miller case. Firstly, Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders, ordered an independent review of police handling of the...

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First Nations Leaders and City of Thunder Bay Sign Agreement to Address...

On Tuesday, August 1, 2017, Nishnawbe Aski Nation (“NAN”) Grand Chief, Alvin Fiddler, along with the Fort William First Nation Chief, Peter Collins, and Thunder Bay Councillors, Joe Virdiramo and Iain...

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The National Bar Association’s Annual Convention and Exhibits Conference

July 29-30, 2017: Falconers LLP lawyers, Julian Falconer and Anthony Morgan, participated in The National Bar Association’s 92nd Annual Convention and Exhibits Conference.     The National Bar...

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Toronto Police Constable Theriault, and brother, mislead investigation in...

Toronto Police Constable, Michael Theriault, and his brother Christian, who were charged in the beating of Black teen Dafonte Miller are now accused of misleading investigators, according to newly...

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Nishnawbe Aski Nation Chiefs’ Assembly

The 49 Chiefs of Nishnawbe Aski Nation are meeting for the 36th Keewaywin Conference in Lac Seul First Nation on August 8th to August 10th, 2017. Julian Falconer will be in attendance and Co-Chairing...

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Denouncing Canadian Currents of White Supremacist Violence and Hate In...

Falconers LLP lawyer, Anthony Morgan, provided comments to CBC News on the waves of white supremacist violence that have recently swept through Charlottesville, Virginia, and provided analysis on its...

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Supported by OHRC and Community Coalition, Miller Family Files OIPRD...

On August 16, 2017, Falconers LLP was joined by a coalition of community and advocacy groups, as well as the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC), to release a joint statement calling on the...

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Torts Blog

Course Materials Lakehead University Torts Course Syllabus Odhavji Estate et al. v. Woodhouse et al. Supreme Court of Canada Judgment  December 5, 2003 Court of Appeal Judgment  December 15, 2000...

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“Gratuitous Attack and Deliberate Concealment of Crime”: Dafonte Miller Case

Dafonte Miller, represented by his lawyer Julian Falconer of Falconers LLP, has filed a complaint with the Office of the Independent Police Review Director in connection with the vicious assault and...

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Major Editorial Boards Calling for Change: Police Oversight

The ‘simply terrifying’ case of Falconers LLP client, Dafonte Miller, a young Black man, who was allegedly beaten by an off-duty Toronto police officer, Michael Theriault, and his brother in December...

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Convocation, June 29, 2017

Click here to read the transcript from Convocation, June 29, 2017 The post Convocation, June 29, 2017 appeared first on Falconers LLP.

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Convocation, August 15, 2017

Click here to read the transcript from Convocation, August 15, 2017 The post Convocation, August 15, 2017 appeared first on Falconers LLP.

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Toronto Police Chief must ‘educate’ officers about their duty to police...

Six months before the alleged assault by off-duty Toronto officer, Michael Theriault on black teen Dafonte Miller, the director of Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit, Tony Loparco, asked police...

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A Balancing Act: Does A Sovereign First Nation Have The Right To Remove...

August 30, 2017: That is the question that a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal hearing in Thunder Bay is going to have to answer. Sandy Lake First Nation, represented by Falconers LLP lawyer, Asha James,...

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Investigation into Systemic Racism: OIPRD Schedules Public Meeting in Thunder...

Today, Ontario Independent Police Review Director (“OIPRD”), Gerry McNeilly, who heads the investigation into systemic racism in the Thunder Bay Police Service (“TBPS”) told CBC that he will hold a...

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Dafonte Miller Case Prompts Durham Police to Adopt New SIU Notification...

CP24 is reporting that in the wake of the Dafonte Miller case, the Durham Regional Police Chief, Paul Martin, vowed to implement a new policy for reporting incidents to the Special Investigations Unit...

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Racial Profiling Case Important for New Generation of Lawyers

In April 2017, in the Divisional Court ruling of Elmardy v. Toronto Police Services Board 2017, Justice Harriet Sachs, Justice Ian Nordheimer (as he then was), and Justice Nancy Spies, ruled that a...

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The Law Society of Upper Canada or The Law Society of Ontario?

Julian Falconer, Bencher, and Chair of the Law Society’s Strategic Communications Steering Group, will submit a motion to Convocation on Thursday, September 28, 2017. In June 2017, the Law Society was...

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Failure to call for Senator Beyak’s Resignation: Thunder Bay City Council

In a press release on September 26, 2017, Nishnawbe Aski Nation’s (“NAN”) Grand Chief, Alvin Fiddler, and Fort William First Nation’s (“FWFN”) Chief Peter Collins, communities provided legal council by...

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Protesters Gather Outside Oshawa Courthouse for Dafonte Miller

Cp24 reports that Members of Black Lives Matter- Toronto and the Anti-Racism Network of Durham Region held a rally outside the Oshawa courthouse on Wednesday, September 27, 2017, ahead of a pre-trial...

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