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Ontario Court of Appeal Upholds $30-million Charter Damages Award Against Ontario for its Policy of Solitary Confinement in Jails

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The Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision in Francis v Ontario, 2021 ONCA 197, is a significant new development in the law of Crown liability. The Court unanimously upheld a summary judgment ruling in a class proceeding finding...more

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Landmark Class Settlement Approved to Reform One of the “Harshest and Most Draconian” Solitary Confinement Units in the United...

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In Gumm v. Ford, No. 5:15-CV-41 (MTT), 2019 WL 2017497 (M.D. Ga. May 7, 2019), Judge Marc Treadwell of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia approved a landmark class settlement involving...more

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