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Tata vs Mistry, Ambani vs Bezos among biggest trials in the world coming to courts in 2021
With vaccines heralding a return to normalcy, next year should see courtrooms around the world coming back to life and some very important cases being heard.
Anthony Lin 17 December, 2020 12:18 pm IST
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Washington: Several former world leaders, a Hong Kong media tycoon, the CEO of Theranos and Jeffrey Epstein’s confidante all are scheduled to have their day in court next year.
With vaccinations heralding a return to normalcy, the next year should see courtrooms around the world coming back to life. Ghislaine Maxwell, China critic Jimmy Lai and Samsung heir Jay Y. Lee are among those facing high-profile criminal cases in 2021. Some proceedings, including the fraud trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, are resuming after being postponed by the pandemic. Another delayed case, UBS’s appeal of its $4.9 billion French government tax penalty, is among
Fortin said he expects provinces to increase the number of delivery sites capable of receiving vaccine shipments in the coming days. When we re at full speed, we re probably going to have a couple of hundred sites for Pfizer-BioNTech product. Once the doses arrive, provinces will administer the vaccine to people in priority population groups, including front-line health-care workers, as well as residents and employees at long-term care homes.
Squaring things away before vaccination
A worker makes preparations during a test run at a future COVID-19 vaccine centre in Osnabrueck, Germany, on Sunday. Across Germany, event arenas, trade fair halls, gymnasiums and other venues are being converted into vaccine centres, with many beginning test runs ahead of approval by European Union health authorities of the new vaccine. The first inoculations could begin by the end of December.(Alexander Koerner/Getty Images)
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Historical photograph of a nun and students at St. Anne s Indian Residential School in Fort Albany, Ont.(Algoma University/Edmund Metatabwin collection)
NDP MP Charlie Angus is urging Justice Minister and Attorney General David Lametti to stop the destruction of key compensation claim documents from one of Canada s most notorious residential schools.
A court order issued by Justice Brenda Brown in British Columbia Supreme Court on May 29 permits the federal government to begin destroying persons of interest reports (POI) that detail abuse allegations against staff and supervisors at St. Anne s residential school.
The order said Ottawa can begin the process in the new year, but it must be completed by March 31, 2021.
Canada border official says information shared inappropriately with FBI in Huawei CFO case Reuters > By Reuters - 13 December 2020 - 08:37 Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her home to attend a court hearing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada December 7, 2020. Image: REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier/File Photo
A Canadian border official who oversaw staff at Vancouver s airport when Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou was arrested two years ago testified on Friday she said information sharing between her agency and the federal police was inappropriate.
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Chief Nicole Goodman told the court Meng s travel history should not have been shared with the FBI. She was reacting to communications shown in court between Canadian and US agencies that did not establish a clear legal basis for such sharing.