R v AM: Clarifying or Complicating Section 8 Jurisprudence?
In R v AM, [2008] 1 SCR 569 (“AM“), released on Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”), dismissed the Crown’s appeal, holding that the sniffer-dog search at issue violated...
In R v AM, [2008] 1 SCR 569 (“AM“), released on Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”), dismissed the Crown’s appeal, holding that the sniffer-dog search at issue violated...
In October of 2007, Matthew Shogilev and Jakki Warkentin of TheCourt.ca engaged in a compelling debate over the Federal Court of Appeal’s [“FCA”] holding in Societe des acadiens et acadiennes du...
On March 20, 2008, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in R. v. McIvor, 2008 SCC 11. The issue on appeal dealt with the evidentiary requirements for establishing...
Leave to appeal has recently been granted by the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) in R v KT Nguyen; R v NT Nguyen, 2007 BCCA 474 [“Nguyen“]. In this case,...