Charter Basics: The Right to Silence
The right to remain silent is one of the most basic and fundamentally important rights in Canadian criminal law.
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Understanding Impaired Driving Offences
When people talk about impaired driving, it’s often about someone getting a “DUI” or being stopped for “drunk driving.” While most people are generally aware that impaired driving is against...
R v Anthony-Cook: The Supreme Court Re-Visits Joint Submissions
Whenever an accused person pleads guilty, there is always an element of uncertainty with respect to sentence.
Does the Sender of a Text Message Have an Expectation of Privacy? An Alberta Court says No.
One of the fastest evolving and most important areas of Canadian criminal law is electronic privacy.
Supreme Court of Canada Outlines a New Test for Unreasonable Delay
On July 8, 2016, the Supreme Court of Canada released R v Jordan1 and R v Williamson2; in these two cases, the Court set out a new framework for determining...