APPEAL WATCH: SCC to Opine on Fitness to Stand Trial Test
The Court of Appeal for Ontario (“ONCA”) has re-emphasised that capacity for rational decision-making has no place in the test for fitness to stand trial. In its ruling in R...
Category: NCR
Ontario’s Sex Offender Registry Discriminates Against People with Disabilities, rules Ontario v G
Content warning: sexual violence, murder, bipolar disorder, policing Despite the ongoing pandemic, this fall has been a notable season for advancing the Section 15 substantive equality rights provision of the...
Re Shortt: ONCA Finds 6-Year Delay Discharging NCR Man to Appropriate Community Living Unconstitutional
In October, the Ontario Court of Appeal (“ONCA”) released its decision in Re Shortt, 2020 ONCA 651 [Shortt] requiring the Government to fund an appropriate community living placement for Mr....
G v Ontario: Will the SCC balance the scales for sex offences and NCR accused?
Is it fair and just for people charged with sexual offences and found Not Criminally Responsible by Reason of Mental Disorder (“NCR”) and then later given an absolute discharge to...
