A New Path? The SCC Defers to Parliament in R v Shoker
I attended a conference on the weekend where, in the context of a panel on police accountability and access to justice, I had the opportunity to hear James Stribopoulos speak...
Author: Jodi Martin
R v Beaudry: Accountability and the Exercise of Discretionary Police Power?
Background While on duty in the early morning hours of September 22, 2000, Sergeant Beaudry and two of his colleagues on the Repentigny Police Service noticed a vehicle traveling at...
When You Are Strong on the Facts: Leskun v Leskun
You argue the facts. In Leskun v Leskun, 2006 SCC 25, the facts clearly had the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) scrambling to justify a Chambers judge’s foray into a place...
R v Morris: Night Hikers Beware
In a 4-3 decision released in December, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) reversed the convictions of Ivan Morris and Carl Oslen, members of the Tsartlip Band, for hunting deer...
