Budden Hiscock Lawyers

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Will Hiscock is a lawyer who has represented two of the families of Innu youth whose deaths by suicides were investigated by the Inquiry. Hiscock said trust remains fragile between Indigenous communities and the police. cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundl…

St. John’s lawyer Will Hiscock said the circumstances as described raise serious questions and concerns on a number of levels.

"It's been a goal of them for over two decades, almost three decades… to have the court declare they were wronged in this process, the process they went through," Hiscock told the court. cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundl…

"Removal should not have been encouraged in this case, but rather treatment for Jacob and support for Ms. Collins should have occurred," said Will Hiscock during a public inquiry late last month. cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundl…

Hiscock said the home routinely failed to meet a list of standards set out by the department. Among those failed standards were safety programming, crisis intervention and record keeping. cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundl…

“I think nothing in this case is as important as the fact he was divorced from his own people, his own community, his own language, his own culture, and so many of his friends and family,” Hiscock said.

“The tragic death of Wally Rich should not have occurred,” lawyer Will Hiscock said at the provincial inquiry examining the deaths of Innu children and youth involved in child protection, presenting a submission on behalf of Wally’s parents, Etien and Nympha Rich.

"We submit [this] is a dangerous misrepresentation of reality which did not permit James’s father and James’s family the ability to fully understand his problems," said the Poker family's lawyer, Scott Lynch. cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundl…

“I’m still making my best efforts to close that gap,” Budden said of the financial shortfall, saying there are other potentially liable third parties.

LISTEN: Justin Brake talks Amber Bracken case & press freedom on CBC Radio's 'The Signal' (with TRANSCRIPT) feat. Geoff Budden theindependent.ca/news/liste…

"If the sum does end up meeting Budden’s projection, the RCESJ will be in a position to dole out $90 million of the $121 million for which it is liable." catholicregister.org/item/31…

Hundreds of abuse victims linked to the insolvency of a Roman Catholic archdiocese in St. John's will receive a second instalment of their settlement claim in July cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundl…

Lawyer Geoff Budden, who represents some of the claimants, suggested to The Telegram in April that other parties might include the province and various other Roman Catholic entities, with which some of the abusers were associated.

“We share Justice Handrigan’s respect for the passion the members of the community of Portugal Cove South have for their town and the church,” Budden said. “We wish them well and encourage them to explore the possibility of purchasing that church as a permanent community asset.”