Laura Hunt

The applicant sought amendments to previous orders for partition and sale and exclusive possession of a jointly owned property, due to the respondent's continued non-compliance and refusal to vacate.

The court granted vacant exclusive possession and amended the restraining order to prohibit the respondent from being within 200 metres of the property at all times.

However, the court declined to issue an order directing police on the use of physical force or warrantless arrest, instead granting leave for the applicant to seek further urgent relief, such as contempt or a writ of possession.

Costs were awarded to the applicant.

The respondent father brought an urgent motion to find the applicant mother in contempt of previous court orders regarding a week-on/week-off parenting schedule and mandated counselling for the children.

The mother argued that the father failed to effect special service and that a contempt motion was premature.

The court waived the special service requirement but agreed that a contempt motion was premature given the conflicting affidavit evidence regarding the breakdown of the parenting arrangement.

The court adjourned the contempt motion and ordered the parties to attend a case conference to attempt to resolve the issues.

Sentencing decision for an offender who pleaded guilty to multiple bank robberies, an attempted robbery, and disguising offences arising from a series of incidents committed to support a cocaine addiction.

The offender had an extensive criminal record including numerous prior robbery convictions and multiple federal penitentiary sentences, as well as repeated parole violations.

The court considered aggravating factors such as the seriousness of offences against vulnerable bank employees and the offender’s persistent recidivism, while also weighing mitigating factors including guilty pleas, expressions of remorse, traumatic upbringing, addiction, and Indigenous background assessed through a Gladue report.

Balancing denunciation, deterrence, rehabilitation, and public safety, the court imposed a global six‑year sentence with enhanced credit for pre‑sentence custody.