Live at the SCC: The SCC Goes to Winnipeg!
For the first time in its history, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC” or “the Court”) headed to Winnipeg to hear cases on September 25 and 26, 2019. On Wednesday,...
Category: Criminal Law
R v Omar – Using Social Context to Inform Arbitrary Detention Rules
Background On May 23, 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) released its decision on R v Omar, 2019 SCC 32 [Omar SCC], which considered whether the Ontario Court of Appeal...
R v Mills : The Limits of Privacy in the Internet Age
In the age of the Internet the distinction between public and private information has become blurred. The norms about what types of information are entitled to privacy on the Internet...
Judicial Biography: Justice Andromache Karakatsanis
Post 4/9 in TheCourt.ca’s Judicial Biography Series (Fall 2019) Justice Andromache Karakatsanis is the Supreme Court of Canada’s (“the Court” or “SCC”) fourth most senior justice and one of four...
