{"id":6281,"date":"2024-02-08T11:14:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T14:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/?p=6281"},"modified":"2024-02-08T11:14:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T14:14:07","slug":"provinces-first-bail-court-to-be-established","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/2024\/02\/08\/provinces-first-bail-court-to-be-established\/","title":{"rendered":"Province&#8217;s First Bail Court to be Established."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Province is working to improve efficiency and reduce backlogs and delays in the provincial court by providing the resources to set up Nova Scotia\u2019s first bail court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new bail court will be established in Halifax Regional Municipality and will be able to hear cases from across the province virtually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cReducing the backlog and keeping our courts running efficiently is a high priority for the Department, the judiciary and our partners,\u201d said Brad Johns, Attorney General and Minister of Justice. \u201cMoving bail to a specialized court will help streamline matters heard in other courtrooms and enable more trials to be held sooner, reducing the possibility of cases being dismissed without a trial. We will continue to look for innovative ways to improve our justice system, like this first-ever dedicated bail court, and ensure all Nova Scotians have access to justice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eight new Justice Department positions will be dedicated to operating the bail court and four additional presiding justices of the peace will be appointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quotes:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNova Scotia is long overdue for a bail court. It is not uncommon to have dozens of accused individuals in custody every day. These can be lengthy contested matters; having dedicated resources for bail hearings is a more efficient and effective approach that will have a positive impact on all areas of the criminal justice system.\u201d<br>\u2014 Perry F. Borden, Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quick Facts:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>bail is used when a person is charged with a crime and, rather than being held in custody while awaiting trial, is released under certain conditions imposed by the court<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>there will be more feasibility and design planning before the location and opening date of the bail court are determined<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>operating costs, including salaries, are forecasted to be $1.75 million in 2024-25<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>to support an increase in casework, Nova Scotia Legal Aid will receive an annual grant of $227,000 to hire a new staff lawyer and court support worker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Section 11(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms sets out that any person charged with an offence has the right to be tried within a reasonable time; the Supreme Court of Canada, in the 2016 Jordan decision, set these timelines at 18 months in provincial court and 30 months in Supreme Court.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Source : Provincial Release <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Province is working to improve efficiency and reduce backlogs and delays in the provincial court by providing the resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,12,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-general","category-latest","category-news","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6283,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6281\/revisions\/6283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}