R. v. E.M.W., 2010 NSCA 73 para 56 is a good source for the foundational (but often ignored) principal that an accused’s evidence ought not to be rejected just because…
Reference re Broadcasting Regulation 2012 SCC 68 dealt with CRTC jurisdiction. It holds that a declaration of legislative intent does not grant jurisdiction: This interpretation is consistent with a reading…
R. v. Edwards, 2012 ONCA 882 allows an appeal based on hearsay: In our view, the appeal must be allowed. The trial judge relied on hearsay in reaching the conclusion…
Perhaps not…
This has been coming for a long time — Canada needs a strong and capable air wing — the real question is whether the F-35s are the right plane for…
Introduction Peace Bonds are protection orders that a judge makes in court to help protect one person from another. Peace bonds are not a substitute for a charge. They are…
Children’s book explains what happens when a family member gets arrested: Story
R. v. Nowdlak, 2012 NUCJ 19 holds that, in serious personal violence cases deterrence, denunciation and protection of the public, not rehabilitation that must be the foremost consideration of a…
R. v. Sandhu, 2012 BCCA 500 dealt with credibility and reasons for believing a witness despite inconsistencies. The Court held some explanation of the basis for accepting testimony in such…
Three men charged for paragliding in Auyuittuq National Park have been fined $500 each. Chris Fitzgerald, 27, and Christopher Warner, 34, are from Australia and Nathan Kukathas, 30, is a…
Laczko v. Alexander, 2012 ONCA 872 is a good source for the principle that, absent some other Rule, substaintial indemnity costs are to be awarded only in the rarest of…
Stop taking me for granite.
Manukau Golf Club Inc v Shoye Venture Ltd NZSC 109 raises an interesting legal point – why should a losing civil party have to pay costs for an error of…
