Careless Driver Convicted After Boasting Online: Issues Surrounding Internet Statement Evidence
News Article: Careless Driver Convicted After Boasting Online, issues surrounding electronic “statement evidence” and the anonymity of the internet.
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World Institute for Research and Publication (WIRP) Presentations
I presented a couple papers this morning at the Annual Meeting of the World Institute for Research and Publication – Law. You can read more about the conference over at Slaw. The presentations, with audio…
Facebook status update corroborates alibi
Popular social networking sites such as Facebook have been the focus of legal attention for issues of privacy, and for their increasing use as evidence against parties in legal matters. Many criminal defendants and parties…
Another evidence flop in a security certificate case
Judge orders CSIS to hand over file Bill Curry writes for the Globe: The Federal Court is ordering Canada’s spy agency to disclose a second human source in the Mohamed Harket case, an exceptional decision…
Hypnosis evidence and murder
Man admits committing 1992 murder AÂ former Canada Post supervisor admitted today to the 1992 killing of his girlfriend, two years after the Supreme Court of Canada threw out his conviction in a landmark decision because…
Major criminal law Charter cases to be released Friday: Grant, Suberu, Harrison
I have huge news for anyone interested in criminal law (and indeed, many accused persons). After years of anticipation, the Supreme Court of Canada is finally set to release some of the most important criminal…