APPEAL WATCH: Pepa v Canada, bound by obiter
The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) granted leave to appeal Pepa v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 FCA 102 (“Pepa FCA”), a pithy (16 paragraph) dismissal of a certified question...
Monthly Archive: February 2024
APPEAL WATCH: R v Pan, a legally messy murder
The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) has granted leave to appeal the long and complex case of R v Pan 2023 ONCA 362 [Pan]. At trial, four co-accused – Jennifer...
Making Sense of Consequential Charter Breaches After R v Zacharias
In R v Zacharias, 2023 SCC 30 [Zacharias], a divided Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC” or the “Court”) held that evidence obtained through an unlawful detention cannot be used to...
APPEAL WATCH: Sweet Productions Inc. v Licensing IP International on Delay and Dismissal
The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) is set to hear an appeal out of the Federal Court of Appeal (“FCA”) on undue delay leading to dismissal in the case of...
