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• According to the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, “Canada’s 14 provincial and territorial law societies govern over 136,000 legal professionals, Quebec’s four,200 notaries and Ontario’s 10,600 independent paralegals…” .
• The Supreme Court on Wednesday denied pre-arrest/anticipatory bail to a police officer who didn’t discharge its fundamental duty as a police officer of carrying forward the investigation to its rightful conclusion to punish the guilty.
• The legal change, which could further restrict entry to data, is part of an more and more hostile surroundings dealing with international companies in the country.
• State prosecutors had sought a nine-year prison sentence for Alves whereas the attorneys representing his accuser wanted 12 years.