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Tallcree First Nation v Rath & Company, 2025 ABCA 360
[1] The appellant Tallcree First Nation appeals a chambers order directing that monies unreasonably charged under a contingency fee agreement (CFA) be returned to the Tallcree First Nation Trust rather than paid to Tallcree as the client in relation to the CFA: Tallcree First Nation v Rath & Company, 2024 ABKB 393.
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R v Hermkens, 2025 ABCA 358
[1] On the evening of April 27th, 2019, Raymond Dumont was driving home with his girlfriend Chelsey Hart in Lloydminster, Alberta. They saw a friend, Mark Moran, driving towards them. Mr. Dumont got Mr. Moran’s attention, and the two vehicles pulled alongside each other. While Mr. Dumont and Mr. Moran were having a conversation from their vehicles someone approached the vehicle driven by Mr. Dumont from behind. They moved towards the passenger-side where Ms. Hart was seated and shot several rounds into the vehicle. Mr. Dumont was shot in the head and died at the scene. A bullet grazed Ms. Hart. Another bullet went through the vehicle and struck Mr. Moran in the leg. No one could identify the person who shot Mr. Dumont and the firearm used in the shooting was never recovered. The identity of the shooter was a central issue at trial.
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R. v. Rioux, 2025 SCC 34
Date: November 7, 2025
On Appeal from the Court of Appeal for Quebec
Criminal law — Sexual assault — Elements of offence — Actus reus —Consent — Capacity to consent — Evidence — Assessment — Direct evidence — Circumstantial evidence — Accused charged with sexual assault — Accused testifying that complainant consented to sexual activity — Complainant testifying that she lacked full memory of sexual activity that took place after she consumed alcohol — Trial judge acquitting accused — Court of Appeal setting aside acquittal and ordering new trial — Whether trial judge applied correct legal and evidentiary principles when determining whether Crown had established that complainant did not consent or did not have capacity to consent to sexual activity — Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, s. 273.1.
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[1] Mitchell Ranger filed a claim against his former employer Precision Geomatics Inc (Precision) in 2012. In 2024, an applications judge dismissed Ranger’s claim based on inordinate and unreasonable delay. Ranger successfully appealed that dismissal before a chambers judge. Precision now appeals the chambers decision reinstating the claim.
[2] For the following reasons, we dismiss the appeal.
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R v Hutton, 2025 ABCA 356
[1] The appellant appeals his conviction on one count of sexual assault.
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