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[1]           In this matter, the Defendant Skylink Express Ltd. has requested an appeal of a Small Claims matter by way of a New Hearing. The Defendant, Skylink Express Ltd. (Skylink) was renting a portion of a warehouse from the Plaintiff, Charles Jonah (Jonah).

[1]        A tragic fatal collision occurred on Route 776 on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day in 2018.  Derek Patey was killed when his All-Terrain Vehicle (“the ATV”) was struck from behind by a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck (“the truck”). The driver of the truck had left the scene by the time the collision was discovered.

[1]        The parties were divorced by Judgment dated January 26, 2018. The corollary relief related only to spousal support and was arrived at by way of “Minutes of Settlement” incorporated into the Divorce Order.  By those Minutes the parties agreed:

[1]        The Applicant M.M. (hereinafter the “grandmother”) requests that her application be heard at the same time or immediately after an application filed by the Minister of Social Development (hereinafter the “Minister”).  In both proceedings, the custody of a child named K.J.L.J.-M. born on June 30, 2017 (hereinafter the “child K.”) is at stake; the grandmother wishes custody of the child...

[1]                                               The victim in this case left his apartment one morning and was making his way down a set of stairs in his building when he was confronted by another tenant, falsely accused of being excessively noisy, physically accosted, threatened at knifepoint with death, and then beaten severely. The appellant, Trevor Streatch, was arrested and charged almost...

[1]                                               The application for leave to appeal the decision of the Summary Conviction Appeal Court, reported at 2017 NBQB 188, [2017] N.B.J. No. 284 (QL), is dismissed. In doing so, we join the Summary Conviction Appeal Court judge’s condemnation of any practice in the Provincial Court pursuant to which sentencing judges might unilaterally change an...

[1]                                   Dans la présente affaire de tutelle, la juge saisie de la requête a reconnu, au moment de conclure ses motifs, que la mère (S.G.) [TRADUCTION] « aime sa fille et souhaite véritablement s’occuper d’elle ». Malheureusement, ainsi que la juge l’a aussi reconnu au procès, ce n’est pas toujours suffisant. Elle a ajouté que, [TRADUCTION] « lorsqu’il y a conflit...