Category Archives: Criminal

Informer Privilege: A Fickle Friend?

Posted on April 16, 2019 by KMizutani

By: Kenryo Mizutani PDF Version:Informer Privilege: A Fickle Friend? Case Commented On: R v Named Person X, 2018 ABQB 827 (CanLII) In the series “Mission: Impossible” the protagonist Ethan Hunt knows what is at stake. Before every new assignment, a … Continue reading →

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Distracted Driving and the Traffic Safety Act

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Shaun Fluker

By: Shaun Fluker PDF Version: Distracted Driving and the Traffic Safety Act Case Commented On: R v Ahmed, 2019 ABQB 13 (CanLII) Alberta added distracted driving offences to the Traffic Safety Act, RSA 2000 c T-6 in 2011, and two … Continue reading →

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Administrative Segregation and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Posted on March 4, 2019 by Myrna Tuttle

By: Myrna El Fakhry Tuttle PDF Version: Administrative Segregation and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms Case Commented On: R v Prystay, 2019 ABQB 8 (CanLII) On January 4, 2019, Madam Justice Dawn Pentelechuk found that Mr. Ryan Prystay’s lengthy … Continue reading →

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R v Jarvis, A Technologically Mindful Approach to the Meaning of Reasonable Expectation of Privacy

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Emily Laidlaw

By: Emily Laidlaw PDF Version: R v Jarvis, A Technologically Mindful Approach to the Meaning of Reasonable Expectation of Privacy Case Commented On: R v Jarvis, 2019 SCC 10 (CanLII) Last week the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its … Continue reading →

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Why Reconsider W(D)?

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Lisa Silver

By: Lisa Silver PDF Version: Why Reconsider W(D)? Case Commented On: R v Ryon, 2019 ABCA 36 CanLII I have written at great length on the W(D) decision, R v W(D), 1991 CanLII 93 (SCC), and the extraordinary impact that … Continue reading →

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