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The existence of the secret trial only came to light because the informant appealed and the Court of Appeal in March 2022 set aside the conviction and wrote a decision that was highly critical of the secrecy surrounding the original trial.

A growing number of Canadians are forgoing expensive lawyers and representing themselves, especially in civil court, despite warnings that it could cost them justice.

Victims' rights advocates are denouncing a Quebec court judge's decision to grant a conditional discharge to a Trois-Rivières man convicted of sexually assaulting a woman in 2019 and taking photographs of her private parts.