Sean Fine is a Canadian journalist. Fine has covered the justice beat at the '' Globe and Mail'' for the past decade.

Career

In May 2015, Fine won the National Newspaper Award for his writing on politics. In May 2018, Fine won the "beat reporting" award for "an examination of Canada's judicial system after time limits on criminal proceedings were imposed by the

Supreme Court In most legal jurisdictions, a supreme court, also known as a court of last resort, apex court, high (or final) court of appeal, and court of final appeal, is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts. Broadly speaking, the decisions of ...

." Fine was part of the team of four writers who won in May 2020 the John Wesley Dafoe Award "for breaking the news that the Prime Minister’s Office had pressured the

justice minister A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...

to abandon prosecution of SNC-Lavalin, and a series of follow-up reports as the ensuing scandal grew."

References

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