R v James: When do warrants become stale?
Warrants play a key role in protecting the civil liberties of Canadians. In Hunter v. Southam, [1984] 2 SCR 145 the Supreme Court established that warrantless searches are presumptively unreasonable...
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R v Stillman: Military Members Have No Right to Jury Trials, SCC Finds
In R v Stillman, 2019 SCC 40, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) decided that allowing members of the Armed Forces to be tried by a military tribunal without access...
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Preventative Justice and Keeping the Peace: R v Penunsi Clarifies Rules around Arrest and Bail in Peace Bond Proceedings
Under most provisions of the Criminal Code, an individual comes under the purview of the criminal justice system when they are charged with a criminal offence that is alleged to...
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AG of Ontario v Jamie Clark: The Scope of Crown Immunity to Reach the SCC
“It would not serve the criminal justice system well for busy Crown attorneys to worry about being dragged into court to fight off the grievances of disgruntled police officers,” stated...
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Canada Post Corp v Canadian Union of Postal Workers: Workplace safety diluted for federal employees
Workplace safety regulations often apply to the space where the employee works, but many workers perform their duties across multiple locations; sometimes out in the public or on private property....
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David Matthews v Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd: Can terminated employees reel in big bonuses during their notice period?
David Matthews was a skilled food scientist who, the courts have found, was forced out of his job at Ocean Nutrition and entitled to 15-months notice. During that notice period,...
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Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v Vavilov: The Supreme Court of Canada Gifts Administrative Law a New Standard of Review Analysis
The much-anticipated Bell-NFL-Vavilov trilogy of administrative law appeals was released on December 19, 2019, providing answers to lawyers and legal scholars who have long speculated the fate of the standard...
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Quebec’s Religious Neutrality Bill: What a Leave to Appeal Could Mean for Bill 21
Is the restriction of religious garments worn by public servants an infringement of constitutionally guaranteed freedom of religion that cannot be justified or is this is a restriction necessitated by...
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R v Javanmardi: The SCC brings (some) clarity to negligence-based offences
An elderly man with heart disease walks into a naturopath’s office hoping to improve his quality of life. After a consultation, the naturopath gives the man an intravenous cocktail of...
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Groundhog Day: A Q&A with LEAF on the Recent Rape Shield Trilogy (Barton, Goldfinch and R(V))
In 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) released three decisions dealing with s. 276 of the Criminal Code, RSC 1985, c C-46, otherwise known as the rape shield provisions....
R v James: When do warrants become stale?
Warrants play a key role in protecting the civil liberties of Canadians. In Hunter v. Southam, [1984] 2 SCR 145 the Supreme Court established that warrantless searches are presumptively unreasonable...
R v Stillman: Military Members Have No Right to Jury Trials, SCC Finds
In R v Stillman, 2019 SCC 40, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) decided that allowing members of the Armed Forces to be tried by a military tribunal without access...
Preventative Justice and Keeping the Peace: R v Penunsi Clarifies Rules around Arrest and Bail in Peace Bond Proceedings
Under most provisions of the Criminal Code, an individual comes under the purview of the criminal justice system when they are charged with a criminal offence that is alleged to...
AG of Ontario v Jamie Clark: The Scope of Crown Immunity to Reach the SCC
“It would not serve the criminal justice system well for busy Crown attorneys to worry about being dragged into court to fight off the grievances of disgruntled police officers,” stated...
