Last year, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) heard three cases in relation to the constitutionality of certain firearm offences with mandatory minimums in the Criminal Code, RSC 1985, c...
In R v Sharma, 2022 SCC 29 [“Sharma”], the Supreme Court of Canada [“SCC”/”the Court”] upheld the constitutionality of provisions that restricted the availability of conditional sentences. This decision marks...
In its recent decision, R v Ndhlovu, 2022 SCC 38 [Ndhlovu], the Supreme Court of Canada [“SCC”] struck down two provisions of the Criminal Code, RSC 1985, c C-46 [“the...
Content Warning: This article mentions instances of sexual violence that may be triggering for some readers. R v Nahanee, 2022 SCC 37 [Nahanee] is a case which addressed two key...
