Law groups in the UK, including the Bar of England and Wales, Criminal Bar Association, Bar of Human Rights Committee and Commonwealth Lawyers’ Association, have joined in the critique of Canada’s handling of the Omar…
The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) shared in their September edition of Addendum some sites with tips for exam preparation. Though most schools have concluded their first semester exams by this point, many are re-evaluating the…
When Areas of Law Intersect The Re B.C. Motor Vehicle Act eluciated some interesting challenges in the intersection of different areas of law. The court cited Joseph Eliot Magnet of the University of Ottawa, The…
Common Law Presumptions Due to the challenges inherent to absolute liability offences, the Supreme Court provided that regulatory offences would be presumed as strict liability. In R v. Sault Ste. Marie, the city was charged…
Principles of Fundamental Justice The proof requirement for these offences is beyond a reasonable doubt, without any additional fault element. In R v. Pontes, the defendant was convicted of driving without a licence, without knowing…
Types of Regulatory Offences Offences in the Criminal Code are outnumbered by the regulatory offences created by the three levels of government. This quasi-criminal law is concerned with the enforcement of regulatory schemes, and usuall…
Negligence, which comprises over 90% contemporary Torts actions, goes through a cyclical process of expanding and narrowing of liability. The Wacky Warnings website does a parody of this, demonstrating how fear of liability in the…
Russ Brown of the University of Alberta Faculty blog posted a story recently that claimed Japanese researchers found that 5 year old chimps had better short-term memory than adult humans. The chimps didn’t have better…
One of the longest serving and most influential judges in Canadian history passed away recently. Chief Justice Antonio Lamer died at the age of 74. He was most noted for his ruling over the Quebec…
Naomi Wolf, author of The End of America: Letter of Warning To A Young Patriot, has an interesting premise on how the rule of law is eroded in society. She claims there is a discernable…
The Right to Remain Silent The Toronto Star published an editorial on R v. Singh, where the Supreme Court upheld the conviction of a Jagrup Singh, who was interrogated even after requesting to remain silent…
