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:
Civil Rights – Criminal Law – Indians, Inuit and Métis – Contracts – Practice

R. v. Pardy (T.) 2014 NLCA 37
Civil Rights – Criminal Law – Crown – Government Programs – Statutes
Summary: The accused was charged with first degree murder, using a firearm in the commission of an offence, and, being a person authorized to possess a firearm (a handgun), having possession of the firearm in an unauthorized place. He was issued a Legal Aid certificate to be represented by a lawyer from the private bar. On the eve of the commencement of the calling of evidence in his …

Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General) et al. 2014 NUCA 2
Contracts – Indians, Inuit and Métis – Practice
Summary: This action was started by Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (Tunngavik), a body created to assist in implementing a comprehensive Land Claims Agreement between the Inuit and Canada. The action alleged numerous breaches by Canada of the Agreement. The case management judge granted partial summary judgment against Canada related to a breach of Article 12.7.6 of the Agreement regarding the implementation of an informational monitoring plan. See [2012] Nunavut Cases Uned. 11 (C.J.). Canada …