At the Court: What’s in a judgment?
How much of a party’s submissions can a judge incorporate into the judgment without attribution? Setting aside issues of honesty in scholarship, the Court will have the opportunity to address...
Monthly Archive: October 2012
BULLETIN: Supreme Court Rules in Opitz v Wrzesnewskyj, No Byelection in Etobicoke-Centre
Today, at 9:45 AM, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered judgment in Opitz v Wrzesnewskyj 2012 SCC 55. The case was launched by defeated Liberal incumbent Borys Wrzesnewskyj, who lost his Etobicoke-Centre...
R v CD: “Frailties in Evidence” and Post-Offense Injury Considerations in Sentencing
In R v CD, 2012 ONCA 696 the Ontario Court of Appeal unanimously substituted a 30-month prison sentence for a two-year conditional sentence due to the “extraordinary” circumstances of the...
At the Court: Paving the Way Forward with Antrim Truck Centre v Minister of Transportation
Last December, the Court of Appeal for Ontario decided in favour of the Minister of Transportation, finding that highway construction that rerouted traffic (i.e. customers) away from an existing highway...
