R v. Gibson-much ado about nothing
I too was aghast when I read the headline in the Globe and Mail that the Supreme Court of Canada had “shot down” the two beer defence. I was about...
Monthly Archive: April 2008
Welcome to the SCC: For Customer Service, please press 1 now
In March of 2007, the SCC’s Office of the Registrar published the results of its first ever online client satisfaction survey. Looming large within the administrative background of every application,...
A supreme short-list: To whom will Harper turn?
The unexpected retirement of Justice Michel Bastarache leaves Prime Minister Harper with a second appointment to make to the Supreme Court. Last time, he played it safe and appointed someone...
R v Gibson: Breathalyzers v. “Straddle Evidence”
The SCC released its decision in R v Gibson, [2008] 1 SCR 397 [“Gibson“], on Thursday, April 17. The case split the SCC three ways: Charron J. wrote for the...
