R. v. C.P.: s. 37(10) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act Deemed Constitutional
On May 7, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC” or “the Court”) released the decision of R. v. C.P., 2021 SCC 19 [C.P.]. In the decision of C.P., the...
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Appeal Watch: Consecutive Ineligible Parole Periods Deemed Unconstitutional in Attorney General of Quebec, et al. v. Alexandre Bissonnette
*TRIGGER WARNING: This post has descriptions of violence that may be triggering to some readers* Since the abolition of the death penalty, the highest sentence a judge can prescribe to...
SCC to Decide Constitutionality of New Procedure for Admitting Private Records in Sexual Offences Trials
Update: On March 25, 2021, the SCC granted leave in A.S. v Her Majesty the Queen, et al. (39516), an appeal of an Ontario Superior Court decision finding ss 278.92,...
A Double-Edged Sword: Bissonnette c. R.
The Court of Appeal’s (“CA”) decision in Bissonnette c. R., 2020 QCCA 1585 (“Bissonnette”), illuminated the importance of respecting Parliament’s authority to re-write legislation when a court declares a statute...
