Criminal
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April 03, 2025
Sexual assault and IPV survivors sue Ottawa, argue Jordan fallout violates their s. 7 Charter rights
Fourteen sexual assault and intimate partner violence survivors have sued Ottawa for $15 million in Charter damages and systemic remedies for the federal government’s alleged unjustified breach of their Charter s. 7 right to fundamental justice by not responding effectively to R. v. Jordan, 2016 SCC 27 and its fallout.
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April 03, 2025
The O’Connor report drama: A whodunit or Keystone Kops? | Michael Cochrane
The long-awaited report from Justice Dennis O’Connor has been released by the Law Society on Ontario (LSO), and we now know what led to CEO Diana Miles getting a considerable increase in her compensation last May — and her subsequent termination.
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April 02, 2025
Harmonizing justice: Exploring intersection of law and popular music | Connie L. Braun
For decades, popular music has transcended cultural and geographical boundaries to become a formidable force in articulating societal issues, particularly those intertwined with law and justice.
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April 02, 2025
Canadian Judicial Council weighs in on what not to say from the bench
A trial judge who vented his frustrations in court during “a particularly bad day” has been rebuked by the federal judicial council for disrespectful and hurtful comments he made from the bench that publicly belittled and humiliated a litigant.
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April 02, 2025
Nova Scotia strengthens support for Black, Indigenous impacted by gender-based violence
Indigenous and Black victims of gender-based violence in Nova Scotia will be given increased support from the province’s government.
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April 02, 2025
EVIDENCE - Documentary evidence - Electronic records - Photographs and video recordings
Appeal by Crown against the respondent’s acquittals on charges of robbery and choke to overcome resistance. The charges arose from an alleged robbery of a female sex trade worker (complainant).
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April 02, 2025
Highway Traffic Act, Criminal Code intersect in deadly driving appeal
A famous quote from William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar has Mark Antony say, “The evil that men do lives after them.” Can a provincial driving prohibition outlive a prison sentence for criminal negligence causing death?
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April 02, 2025
What I know about halfway houses, part two | Michael Crowley
Halfway houses, a.k.a., community residential facilities (CRFs), serve a number of functions, but primarily they are intended to assist people who have been incarcerated, sometimes for many years, to begin the process of reintegrating back into society. They provide, or should provide, nothing less than safe environments where the residents can go to school or find employment, begin the process of resettling into their families, and do all of that in appropriate, prosocial ways.
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April 01, 2025
CJC finds little judicial misconduct as public makes 985 complaints against federal judges in 2024
The Canadian Judicial Council rejected all but three judicial misconduct complaints it decided in 2024, a year that also saw 985 complaints to the disciplinary body for Canada’s 1,224 federally appointed trial and appellate judges.
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April 01, 2025
Law schools, students need to prep for AI in profession: scholar
With the increased use of artificial intelligence in the legal profession, law schools need to consider new forms of education and a revamp in guidance when it comes to students’ career paths, says a scholar.