Summaries Sunday: Maritime Law Book

Summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book. Every Sunday we present a precis of the latest summaries, a fuller version of which can be found on MLB-Slaw Selected Case Summaries at cases.slaw.ca.

This week’s summaries concern:
Securities Regulation / Civil Rights / Police / Criminal Law / Courts

Walton v. Alberta Securities Commission et al. 2014 ABCA 273
Securities Regulation
Summary: The Alberta Securities Commission, in a decision reported as Re Holtby, 2013 ABASC 45, found G. Walton, B. Holtby, Burdeyney, Randy Kowalchuk and Shepert (the appellants) culpable of insider trading, tipping and/or encouraging with respect to the shares of Eveready Inc. The appellants appealed the findings of culpability and the sanctions subsequently imposed on them in the decision of Re Holtby, 2013 ABASC 273. The Alberta Court of Appeal allowed the appeals of G. Walton, Burdeyney, and …

R. v. Safarzadeh-Markhali (H.) 2014 ONCA 627
Civil Rights – Criminal Law – Police
Summary: The accused was convicted of drug and firearms offences. He was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment, before credit for pre-sentence custody. He appealed his conviction, alleging the trial judge erred in finding that he was not unlawfully detained in breach of his rights under s. 9 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Crown requested leave to appeal sentence. The Crown sought to appeal the trial judge’s finding that s. …

Director of Civil Forfeiture (B.C.) v. Hells Angels Motorcycle Corp. et al. 2014 BCCA 330
Courts – Criminal Law
Summary: In January 2001, the police investigated the activities of a chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, its facilities and members (Project Halo). During the investigation, wiretap authorizations were obtained. Pursuant to s. 187(1) of the Criminal Code, the documents relating to the applications for authorizations were sealed. Federal Crown charges arising from Project Halo were stayed and the Provincial Crown did not lay any charges. In 2007, the Director of Civil Forfeiture initiated an …