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N.S. lawyer suspended after courtroom confrontation with ex-colleagues, sheriff's deputies
The indefinite suspension announced Thursday is the latest instalment in an ongoing legal drama between lawyer Donn Fraser of New Glasgow and his one-time colleagues.
New trial ordered in case arising from feud between judges
The fallout continues from a battle that has pitted a Nova Scotia provincial court judge against the system she used to work in.
N.S. man accused of 2nd-degree murder found not criminally responsible
A Dartmouth man who admitted he killed his neighbour in a dispute over loud music has been found not criminally responsible for murder.
Man loses bid to get charges dismissed in case of body found in burned-out car
A Nova Scotia man has failed in his bid to get a slew of criminal charges against him thrown out because they’ve taken too long to go through the system.
Expert witness critical of Cape Breton gynecologist
An expert hired by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia says a Cape Breton gynecologist gave incomplete and overly negative information to a woman who was in the midst of delivering her first child.
Three N.S. women killed in 3 weeks by intimate partner violence
RCMP have now confirmed that the death of a man and a woman in Yarmouth, N.S., last week is another case of fatal intimate partner violence — the third in as many weeks in the province.
N.S. court acquits former principal in historical sexual assault case
A former Nova Scotia school principal has been found not guilty in a historical sexual assault case.
N.S. Barristers' Society must tackle racism, systemic discrimination head on: report
The Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society has unanimously accepted a report that lays out how the society can tackle anti-Black racism and systemic discrimination in the legal profession.
Teen tries to plead guilty in Halifax mall stabbing case
One of four teenagers accused of a deadly attack in April at the Halifax Shopping Centre is trying to plead guilty to manslaughter.
Pension administrator suing former owners of Halifax newspaper
The former owners of the Chronicle Herald newspaper are being sued for allegedly failing to make payments into the company's pension plan.