A Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court judge has ruled that two high-end real estate developers knowingly sold condos to out-of-province investors, even though they were aware St. John’s zoning laws didn’t allow that use.
An tentative agreement announced in a St. John's courtroom Wednesday morning will clear a cloud of uncertainty that's been hanging over the province's education system and help compensate victims of abuse at the hands of Catholic clergy and those who ran the notorious Mount Cashel orphanage.
A claims process that will allow dozens of abuse victims to be compensated by a Newfoundland and Labrador Catholic archdiocese received court approval on Monday, with Justice Garrett Handrigan telling all those involved to "get on with it."
The fate of nearly three dozen church-linked schools in Newfoundland and Labrador is the subject of some legal wrangling as lawyers debate how to compensate abuse victims, and it could cause some serious disruption in the education system.