Klippensteins Barristers & Solicitors: Alleged Killer in Canadian Mining Company Lawsuit Acquitted in Guatemala
April 06, 2017 20:53 ET | Klippensteins Barristers & Solicitors
TORONTO, ONTARIO and PUERTO BARRIOS, GUATEMALA--(Marketwired - April 6, 2017) - A Guatemalan court today acquitted Mynor Padilla of murdering Guatemalan community leader and indigenous...
Klippensteins Barristers & Solicitors: Court of Appeal Rules That Police Abused Powers and Violated Demonstrator's Civil Rights During the 2010 G20 Summit
March 30, 2015 15:07 ET | Klippensteins Barristers & Solicitors
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - March 30, 2015) - In a decision released today, the Court of Appeal ruled that the police violated the civil rights of animal activist Paul Figueiras and...
Klippensteins Barristers & Solicitors: Appeal Court Approves G20 Class Action for Hundreds of Citizens Who Were Detained by Police During the 2010 Summit Weekend
August 07, 2014 13:57 ET | Klippensteins Barristers & Solicitors
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Aug. 7, 2014) - In a decision released late yesterday, a panel of three divisional court judges ruled that an estimated 900 people who were allegedly...
Whistleblower Criticizes NEB's Toothless Audit of TransCanada's Safety Practices and Calls on NEB to Do More to Prevent Pipeline Ruptures
March 06, 2014 12:01 ET | Klippensteins Barristers & Solicitors
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - March 6, 2014) - Evan Vokes, the former TransCanada pipeline engineer specialist and whistleblower who alerted the National Energy Board ("NEB") to...
Ontario Court Rules That Lawsuits Against Hudbay Minerals Regarding Shootings, Murder and Gang-Rape at Its Former Mine in Guatemala Can Proceed to Trial in Canada
July 23, 2013 09:40 ET | Klippensteins Barristers & Solicitors
TORONTO, CANADA--(Marketwired - July 23, 2013) - Yesterday afternoon, in a precedent-setting ruling with national and international implications, Superior Court of Ontario Justice Carole...
Breakthrough in Legal Liability of Canadian Mining Corporations for Abuses Overseas
February 25, 2013 12:28 ET | Klippensteins Barristers & Solicitors
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 25, 2013) - In an important precedent-setting development for the accountability of Canadian mining companies for alleged overseas human rights...
Procès marquant reprend à la cour de Calgary, en Alberta-Klippensteins Barristers & Solicitors
January 17, 2013 11:00 ET | Klippensteins Barristers & Solicitors
ROSEBUD, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - 17 jan. 2013) - Jessica Ernst, une consultante pour l'industrie pétrolière et gazière et scientifique de Rosebud en Alberta, âgée...
Landmark Alberta Fracking Lawsuit Resumes in Calgary Court-Klippensteins, Barristers & Solicitors
January 17, 2013 11:00 ET | Klippensteins Barristers & Solicitors
ROSEBUD, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Jan. 17, 2013) - Jessica Ernst, a 55-year-old oil and gas industry consultant and scientist from Rosebud, Alberta, returns to court this Friday to continue...
Shooting Victim Announces Third Human Rights Lawsuit Against HudBay Minerals
December 07, 2011 09:00 ET | Klippensteins Barristers & Solicitors;Rights Action
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 7, 2011) - "I'll never forget watching the chief of security aim his gun straight at me, feeling the bullet hit, lying on the ground coughing up...
Ontario Lawsuits Against HudBay Regarding Alleged Human Rights Abuse Continue Despite Sale of Fenix Project
August 10, 2011 13:16 ET | Klippensteins Barristers & Solicitors
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 10, 2011) - Lawsuits in Ontario against HudBay Minerals regarding the alleged killing of Adolfo Ich and the rapes of 11 women by mine security...