Criminalizing the Key Witness: Contempt of Court Sentencing and R v Lavallee - Heather Peterson
Introduction Section 708(1) of the Criminal Code states that “a person who, being required by law to attend or remain in attendance for...
CAN I AT LEAST HAVE MY PHONE CALL? - Chad Laferriere-Enns & Eric Gagnon
It can be easy to underestimate the role which the law of evidence plays in the criminal justice system. One may think that evidence is a...
Peremptory Challenges: Are They Really the Problem? - Anna Kozak
Context On June 21, 2019, the former Bill C-75, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and other Acts and to...
A Feminist Critique of the Supreme Court's Recent Discourse Surrounding Consent in Kirkpatrick
Written by Mathew O’Connor The views and opinions expressed in the blogs are the views of their authors, and do not represent the views...
R v Wong: Affidavit of Subjective Hindsight a Useless Boilerplate Inhibiting Substantive Scrutiny
Written by Tobey Xiang Introduction Guilty pleas are considered formal admissions of the necessary facts constituting the offences...
