Category Archives: Criminal

SCC Overturns ABCA Ruling on Mandatory Interlocutory Injunction re: Information on Media Outlet’s Website

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Linda McKay-Panos

By: Linda McKay-Panos PDF Version: SCC Overturns ABCA Ruling on Mandatory Interlocutory Injunction re: Information on Media Outlet’s Website Case Commented On: R v Canadian Broadcasting Corp., 2018 SCC 5 (CanLII) (“CBC SCC”) The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) recently overturned … Continue reading →

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Tracing the Likeness of Colten Boushie in the Law Classroom

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Lisa Silver

By: Lisa A. Silver PDF Version: Tracing the Likeness of Colten Boushie in the Law Classroom On January 29, 2018, the nation’s gaze was decidedly fixed on Battleford, Saskatchewan where the second-degree murder trial of Gerald Stanley was commencing. From that … Continue reading →

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Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Introduces the Accelerated Habeas Corpus Review Procedure

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Amy Matychuk

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 →

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R v EJB: Another Unconstitutional Mandatory Minimum Sentence

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Daphne Wang

By: Daphne Wang PDF Version: R v EJB: Another Unconstitutional Mandatory Minimum Sentence Case Commented On: R v EJB, 2017 ABQB 726 (CanLII) In a previous post, Professor Erin Sheley commented that R v Nur, 2015 SCC 15 (CanLII), may have started … Continue reading →

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Proving Parties to an Offence Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: A Clear Application of Sections 21(1) and 21(2) of the Criminal Code

Posted on October 24, 2017 by Jeanine Zahara

By: Jeanine Zahara PDF Version: Proving Parties to an Offence Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: A Clear Application of Sections 21(1) and 21(2) of the Criminal Code Case Commented On: R v Hardy, 2017 ABQB 588 (CanLII) The Alberta Court of Queen’s … Continue reading →

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