The SCC Grants Leave to Appeal in R. v. Caron
On August 27th, the SCC granted the Alberta government leave to appeal in R. v. Caron, 2009 ABCA 34. Chief Justice McLachlin, Justice Abella and Justice Rothstein granted the leave...
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R. v. Craig and the Equitable Underpinnings of Forfeiture
Recently issuing judgment in R. v. Craig, 2009 SCC 23 and companion cases R. v. Ouellette, 2009 SCC 24 and R. v. Nguyen, 2009 SCC 25, the Supreme Court of...
The Uncertain Demise of the Duke of Westminster: A Comment on Lipson v Canada
My colleague Julian Ho has already provided a succinct summary of last Thursday’s Supreme Court decision in Lipson v Canada, 2009 SCC 1 [Lipson], so today I thought I’d comment briefly...
Inconsistent Verdicts: R v JF
On Friday the Supreme Court of Canada pronounced on R v JF, [2008] 3 SCR 215, a criminal case concerned with child abuse, manslaughter and inconsistent verdicts. The issue before...
