Author Archives: Lisa Silver
R v Hills and R v Hilbach and Section 12 of the Charter: The Twelfth Dimension of Sentencing
By: Lisa Silver Cases commented on: R v Hills, 2023 SCC 2 (CanLII); R v Hilbach, 2023 SCC 3 (CanLII) PDF Version: R v Hills and R v Hilbach and Section 12 of the Charter: The Twelfth Dimension of Sentencing … Continue reading
What Did You Say? Making Sense of the Admissibility of Evidence in R v Schneider
By: Lisa Silver Case Commented On: R v Schneider, 2022 SCC 34 (CanLII) PDF Version: What Did You Say? Making Sense of the Admissibility of Evidence in R v Schneider The law of evidence gets a bad rap. Too often, … Continue reading
Placing Parity in Perspective
By: Lisa Silver Case commented on: R v Germain, 2022 ABCA 257 (CanLII) PDF version: Placing Parity in Perspective The recent Alberta Court of Appeal decision of R v Germain, 2022 ABCA 257 (CanLII), reads like a judge’s “how to” … Continue reading
Does the Punishment Fit the Crime?
By: Lisa Silver Appeals commented on: R v Hills (SCC Case No 39338), R v Hilbach and the companion appeal, R v Zwozdesky (SCC Case No 39438) PDF Version: Does the Punishment Fit the Crime? The week of March … Continue reading
If Not Now, When?
By: Lisa Silver PDF Version: If Not Now, When? Case Commented On: R v Natomagan, 2022 ABCA 48 (CanLII) The opening paragraphs of the recent Alberta Court of Appeal decision in R v Natomagan, 2022 ABCA 48 (CanLII), belie the significance … Continue reading