Author Archives: Amy Matychuk
Canada v Chhina: Supreme Court Makes Habeas Corpus Available to Immigration Detainees
By: Amy Matychuk PDF Version: Canada v Chhina: Supreme Court Makes Habeas Corpus Available to Immigration Detainees Case Commented On: Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) v Chhina, 2019 SCC 29 On May 10, 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada released … Continue reading
Turning a Blind Eye? The Scope of the Charter Right to a Representative Jury
By: Amy Matychuk PDF Version: Turning a Blind Eye? The Scope of the Charter Right to a Representative Jury Case Commented On: R v Newborn, 2019 ABCA 123 (CanLII) In R v Newborn, Justices Frans Slatter, Ritu Khullar, and Barbara Lea Veldhuis … Continue reading
Eighteen Years of Inmate Litigation Culminates with Some Success in the SCC’s Ewert v Canada
By: Amy Matychuk PDF Version: Eighteen Years of Inmate Litigation Culminates with Some Success in the SCC’s Ewert v Canada Case Commented On: Ewert v Canada, 2018 SCC 30 (CanLII) On June 13, 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) issued … Continue reading
ABlawg Celebrates 10 Years
By: Jennifer Koshan, Amy Matychuk, and Other ABlawg Contributors PDF Version: ABlawg Celebrates 10 Years ABlawg is celebrating our tenth anniversary this month. Anniversaries provide a good opportunity to reflect and share, so what follows are some statistics and favourite moments, … Continue reading
Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Introduces the Accelerated Habeas Corpus Review Procedure
By: Amy Matychuk PDF Version: Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Introduces the Accelerated Habeas Corpus Review Procedure Case Commented On: Latham v Her Majesty the Queen, 2018 ABQB 69 (CanLII) In an attempt to address the proliferation of habeas corpus applications from … Continue reading
