In Quebec, the most closely watched Supreme Court of Canada case of 2008 may well be that of Ministre de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport, et al. v. Hong Ha Nguyen, et al. (“Quebec v. Nguyen”, Supreme Court of Canada docket number 32229, [2007] S.C.C.A. No. 431). A constitutional question should be stated within [...]

Leave to appeal has recently been granted by the Supreme Court of Canada in Kien Tam Nguyen et al. v. Her Majesty the Queen. In this case, the SCC has been asked whether the Court of Appeal for British Columbia erred in failing to find fault in the sentencing judge’s order of forfeiture after the [...]