Thursday, October 3, 2013

FIRST CIVIL SUIT FILED UNDER CANADA'S JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF TERRORISM ACT


If you do not live in Canada, you may have missed this. Sherri Wise, a Vancouver dentist who was injured in a terrorist attack in Israel, has brought the first action under the Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act*. She has filed against the Islamic Republic of Iran and its Ministry of Information and Security.

Canadian readers: the action was brought in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, under Case No.: 137186 , filed September 27, 2013.
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* http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/j-2.5/page-1.html 

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