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A leading proponent of private health care says he is actually counting on a court-ordered audit of his B.C. surgery clinics to confirm he is violating provincial law by charging patients extra fees for publicly funded medical services. “We are breaking...
Tags: B.C. Medical Services Commission, Supreme Court of Canada, B.C. Supreme Court, B.C. Nurses' Union, medically services, private clinic, provincial government, publicly funded, Canada, Vancouver, Health policy, Healthcare in the United States, Medicare, Canada Health Act, Chaoulli v. Quebec, Healthcare in Canada, Healthcare reform in the United States, Health economics, Health Medical Pharma
But judicial conscience is not to be confused with personal conscience. Judicial conscience is founded on the judge's sworn commitment to uphold the rule of law. It is informed not by the judge's personal views, nor the judge's views as to what policy...
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The Charter of Rights and Freedoms does not apply to female ski jumpers seeking admission to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, says the B.C. Court of Appeal. Earlier this month, B.C.’s highest court, without releasing reasons, dismissed an appeal of...
Tags: ski jumpers, VANOC, Anne Rowles, Canada, Vancouver, Supreme Court of Canada, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Appeal, Winter Olympics, Ski jumping, British Columbia Court of Appeal, Law Crime
Did the PPP state minister for law, Mohammad Afzal Sindhu, on Saturday defy the July 31 judgment of the Supreme Court of Pakistan? It appears so as Sindhu, in his personal legal opinion given at his news conference on Saturday, did not agree to the SC...
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Frontier, FATA asked to provide records till 22nd PESHAWAR: In the light of the directives of Supreme Court (SC), Interior Ministry has sought records of all missing persons from the provincial government and political administrations (PAs) of all the...
Tags: missing persons, FATA, Pakistan, Peshawar, Human rights abuses, Kidnappings, Forced disappearance, Missing person, Supreme Court of Canada, Political repression, Counter-terrorism, Crimes against humanity, Law Crime
Last updated on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 2:59AM EST A legal battle that delayed a political corruption trial for nearly two years in British Columbia has been ended by a Supreme Court of Canada ruling on the Crown's right to protect the identity of a secret...
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Prime minister Sheikh Hasina returned home Thursday morning from Italy. She landed at the Zia International Airport at 9:15am and went straight to her official residence. Any unauthorised use or reproduction of bdnews24.com content for commercial purposes...
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The Supreme Court of Canada is hearing the case of a Yukon legal aid lawyer who was ordered by a judge to represent a client at no cost. Nunavut Premier Eva Aariak says she is not giving up hope that Canada will make a strong commitment to dealing with...
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The Quebec National Assembly must defy an Oct. 22 decision by the Supreme Court of Canada striking down a Quebec law on English-language schooling, a coalition of Quebec nationalist and union groups demanded Monday. A downtown Montreal rally Monday night...
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A divorce obtained in a foreign court is valid in India, the Supreme Court has ruled, clarifying a long-standing grey area. Divorces are easier to obtain in many foreign countries than in India, where the grounds for dissolution of marriage are limited...
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