I am often asked “what do you do”? If I reply “a regulatory solicitor”, this inevitably elicits a blank expression from the enquirer (be that a non-lawyer or lawyer), so I go on to the more long-winded version, that I am a criminal solicitor who advises business owners and other stakeholders on how to stay on the right side of the criminal law, and defends them when they get it wrong.

Background

It is a criminal offence to continue trading using the name of a company which has gone into insolvent liquidation (a prohibited name).

Judgment

The Court of Appeal has just ruled on a case relating to confiscation orders made against individuals who illegally trade under a prohibited name. In this case, the defendant was given community service, and ordered to pay a confiscation order of £100,000, plus costs. The individual appealed the confiscation order on various grounds.

The court concluded that:

Here’s another case involving the use of GPS tracking devices, which as regular IT-Lex readers may know, is currently a very divisive issue. The three appellants were convicted by a jury “of sixteen counts of Hobbs Act robbery, conspiracy, and use and carrying of firearms during the commission of a violent crime.” The appellants and their co-conspirators were linked to a string of armed robberies in the spring of 2011 in South Florida.

36728    Enmax Power Corporation, Altalink Management Ltd., in its capacity as general partner of Altalink, L.P., EPCOR Distribution & Transmission Inc. v. Alberta Utilities Commission, Office of the Utilities Consumer Advocate of Alberta

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FortisAlberta Inc., Altagas Utilities Inc., ATCO Gas and Pipelines Ltd., ATCO Electric Ltd. v. Alberta Utilities Commission, Office of the Utilities Consumer Advocate of Alberta

36238 Her Majesty the Queen v. Erin Lee MacDonald (Charter of Rights – Mandatory minimum sentences – Cruel and unusual punishment – Criminal law – Sentencing)

36153 Ryan Glenn Ziegler v. Her Majesty the Queen (Criminal law – Dangerous offender)

36039 Dhillon v. Jaffer  (Law of professions – Barristers and solicitors – Breach of fiduciary duty – Damages)

36114  Miazga v. The Queen  (Criminal law – Manslaughter)

35888 R.V. v. R.P.  (Family law – custody)

APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL DISMISSED

37656

Norris Barens v. Her Majesty the Queen (B.C.)

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms – Constitutional law – Mobility rights

The applicant was convicted of driving without a licence contrary to s. 24(1) of the Motor Vehicle Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 318.