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R v. Bavin, 2013 NSSC 434

In Aboriginal Rights/Defences, Fish Cases on (Updated )

This case involved a aboriginal fishing rights defence to a charge of illegal gillnet fishing. Upon summary conviction appeal, the appeal court upheld a decision rejecting the aboriginal defence upon the grounds that the accused did not establish the date of effective control by Europeans at the required time.

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