In R. v. Johnston, 2021 BCCA 34 [Johnston], the British Columbia Court of Appeal (“BCCA”) quashed the convictions of both Matthew James Johnston and Cody Rae Haevischer on six counts...
New evidence is rarely introduced or accepted at appeal courts. However, this rule of thumb could change as the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) hears submissions from counsel in Barendregt...
In R v Parranto, 2021 SCC 46 [Parranto], the Supreme Court (“the Court”) weighed in on the criminal sentences of two drug traffickers in Alberta. In the process, they made...
In Canada (Transportation Safety Board) v Carroll-Byrne, 2021 NSCA 34 [Carroll-Byrne], the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (“the Board”) sought to appeal the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia’s (“NSSC”) interlocutory...
On November 18, 2021 the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC” or “The Court”) released its decision in Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company...
Canadian law is clear that liability extends to ‘lookouts’ and ‘get-away’ drivers. For this reason, an accused cannot put forward the defence that they were not directly involved in the...
No person has the right not to be offended. Every person, however, has the right to the safeguard of their dignity—at least in Quebec. How this right balances against another’s...
Three months into the 2018 Toronto City Council election, a newly elected provincial government passed the Better Local Government Act, 2018, SO 2018, c 11 [Act], slashing the number of...
The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) will refine its jurisprudence on extraterritorial applications of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms [the Charter] when it hears Corporal C.R. McGregor v...
In Disability Rights Coalition v Nova Scotia (Attorney General), 2021 NSCA 70 [DRC], the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal (“NSCA”) made a “ground-breaking” decision upholding the right of disabled Canadians...
In R. v. Johnston, 2021 BCCA 34 [Johnston], the British Columbia Court of Appeal (“BCCA”) quashed the convictions of both Matthew James Johnston and Cody Rae Haevischer on six counts...
New evidence is rarely introduced or accepted at appeal courts. However, this rule of thumb could change as the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) hears submissions from counsel in Barendregt...
In R v Parranto, 2021 SCC 46 [Parranto], the Supreme Court (“the Court”) weighed in on the criminal sentences of two drug traffickers in Alberta. In the process, they made...
In Canada (Transportation Safety Board) v Carroll-Byrne, 2021 NSCA 34 [Carroll-Byrne], the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (“the Board”) sought to appeal the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia’s (“NSSC”) interlocutory...
