The SCC in D.C. and Mabior Part I: Incremental Change and Some Troubling Loose Ends
This is the first part of a two-part post regarding R v DC and R v Mabior. Part II of this post explores the reaction to the case from the media, the interveners...
This is the first part of a two-part post regarding R v DC and R v Mabior. Part II of this post explores the reaction to the case from the media, the interveners...
In R v Carvery, 2012 NSCA 107 [Carvery], the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal (“NSCA”) considered s. 719 of the Criminal Code, RSC, 1985, c C-46 [Criminal Code], a provision which establishes credit...
In Pastore v Aviva Canada Inc, 2012 ONCA 642, a unanimous Court of Appeal established a new, lower threshold for catastrophic impairment. The decision also permitted the inclusion of chronic...
In the years following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, both Canada and the United States have passed sweeping legislative changes in the name of national security. In Canada, such...