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By: Admin Readers may have noticed that since September we have disabled the comment function on ABlawg. Simply put, and like many other on-line publications, moderating comments had become too demanding of our resources. We recently re-visited this decision and … Continue reading →

By: Lisa Silver PDF Version: A Lesson in First Year Criminal Law Principles: How The Supreme Court of Canada “Modifies” Objective Mens Rea Offences in R v Javanmardi Case Commented On: R v Javanmardi, 2019 SCC 54 (CanLII) As I come … Continue reading →

By: Kristin McDonald PDF Version: The Appointment of Supreme Court Justice Nicholas Kaiser Event Commented On: Nomination of the Honourable Nicholas Kasirer for Appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada In April of this year, after just 5 years of … Continue reading →

By: Jeffrey N. Westman PDF Version: Bill C-77 and the Quiet Revolution in Military Justice Statute Commented On: Bill C-77, An Act to amend the National Defence Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts, SC 2019, c … Continue reading →

By: Admin PDF Version: Judging Former Colleagues: A Collection of Justice Woolley’s ABlawg Posts Our former colleague Alice Woolley is being formally sworn in as a Justice of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench today. We take this opportunity to … Continue reading →