R v James: When do warrants become stale?
Warrants play a key role in protecting the civil liberties of Canadians. In Hunter v. Southam, [1984] 2 SCR 145 the Supreme Court established that warrantless searches are presumptively unreasonable...
Category: Criminal Law
Preventative Justice and Keeping the Peace: R v Penunsi Clarifies Rules around Arrest and Bail in Peace Bond Proceedings
Under most provisions of the Criminal Code, an individual comes under the purview of the criminal justice system when they are charged with a criminal offence that is alleged to...
R v Javanmardi: The SCC brings (some) clarity to negligence-based offences
An elderly man with heart disease walks into a naturopath’s office hoping to improve his quality of life. After a consultation, the naturopath gives the man an intravenous cocktail of...
Groundhog Day: A Q&A with LEAF on the Recent Rape Shield Trilogy (Barton, Goldfinch and R(V))
In 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) released three decisions dealing with s. 276 of the Criminal Code, RSC 1985, c C-46, otherwise known as the rape shield provisions....
