On February 17, 2017, Justice Gates of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench handed down what is being referred to as the “harshest” sentence in recent Canadian history, tied with...
The Supreme Court’s recent, very short decision in R v Natewayes, 2012 SCC 5, clarifies the tests for being proven a party to an offence in the Criminal Code, It...
The Alberta Court of Appeal (“the Court”) in R v Sanaee, 2015 ABCA 224 provides guidance to trial courts in assessing the elements of the animal cruelty offences under the...
** Author’s Note: This post is the product of a conversation I had with an expert on the case. I am humbled by and indebted to that person for their...
Introduction In R v Anthony-Cook, 2016 SCC 43, the Supreme Court of Canada adopted the “public interest” standard that trial judges across Canada are to employ to asses a...
Last year, TheCourt.ca published an article discussing when a jury member’s actions could be egregious enough to nullify a verdict. This week, in R v Dowholis, 2016 ONCA 801 [Dowholis],...
