Report from Australia
About the Court Today The jurisdiction of the High Court of Australia extends far beyond the determination of matters arising under the Commonwealth Constitution or involving its interpretation. Strangely this...
Monthly Archive: April 2007
Hearings scheduled for this week
As I mentioned last Monday, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) is starting its spring session this week with a full docket. Last week I outlined the cases they’ll be...
The Supreme Court & Empire Club Addresses
The Empire Club of Canada, a speaker’s club founded in 1903, has digitized a great many of the lunchtime talks given under its auspices. Not suprisingly, the Supreme Court of...
Spencer: Has The Confessions Rule Changed… Again?
In R. v. Spencer, 2007 SCC 11 [Spencer], released last month, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) revisits the confessions rule, yet again. Although the SCC does not suggest that its...
