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Sean Fine

Sean Fine
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Justice Writer
Toronto, Canada
sfine@globeandmail.com

Sean Fine is The Globe and Mail’s Justice Writer.

Sean Fine abides by The Globe and Mail Editorial Code of Conduct
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Federal judiciary edges closer to gender parity, but numbers of minorities drop
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Jury trials at risk as judge strikes down federal ban on peremptory challenges enacted after Boushie case
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Ontario police officer’s conviction in death of Indigenous woman puts focus on drug-abuse stereotypes
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Ontario Court of Appeal unanimously upholds judgment in priest sex abuse case
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Appeal court allows teenager’s self-defence claim, despite victim running away when shot
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Manitoba man sues provincial government for wrongful conviction and imprisonment in teen girl’s death
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Supreme Court rules Canadian judges have been too soft on punishment for 30 years
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Through the eyes of the law: Why have Canada’s top judges been leery of writing their memoirs?
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Police cannot arrest lawful protesters, even to prevent violence by others, Supreme Court rules
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Scheer vows to bring in mandatory minimums for smuggled guns, violent gang crime if elected
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Doctrine is ‘everything’ for Marc Nadon, the outspoken conservative justice rejected by Canada’s Supreme Court
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Supreme Court ruling bolsters journalists’ authority to protect confidential sources
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Supreme Court to decide first test case on protection of journalists’ confidential sources under two-year-old federal law
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Supreme Court holds first hearing outside Ottawa since 1875
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McLachlin’s memoirs reveal how husband’s plea for assisted death shaped her views in Supreme Court case
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Federal government donates $5-million to fund aimed at improving access to justice system
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Libertarian student group Runnymede Society seeks to shake up Canada’s legal culture
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University of Toronto launches law course in global bid to protect media freedom
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Supreme Court has ensured independence by obtaining financial security, says Chief Justice Richard Wagner
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New trial ordered for two men convicted in Via Rail terror plot