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Your future in Criminal Law
Twenty-five years from now, historians, criminologists and other observers of criminal law in Canada may very well look back to a 2005 lecture given by Justice Michael Moldaver (now of the Supreme...
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An academy of criminal law for Ontario
This is my final post on the Law Society of Upper Canada’s articling consultation. During the last few months, some interesting ideas have emerged from various quarters. (la version française suit)...
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Why Civil Litigators Have to Keep Current on Criminal Law
In the privacy of mediation rooms, I often listen to assertions made by counsel about certain facts, such as soft-tissue injuries suffered in a car crash, and then I ask: How are you going to prove...
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Canada’s Marbury v. Madison? Not quite.
As reported this month in the Globe and Mail, Justice Colin Westman has joined a chorus of Canadian judges refusing to apply the law, as a protest against the federal government’s criminal sentencing...
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Drama and Irony in a Canadian Courtroom?
With the nation riveted to news reports from a fraud, breach of trust and bribery trial in an Ottawa courtroom, Canada reaches a milestone in its legal history. Behold, Canadians as mass spectators of...
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Panama Papers and Breaking Bad: Why attack lawyers who help offenders avoid...
Click on image for copyright attribution and fair use description. As worldwide governmental agencies pore over the financial and corporate information leaked from the Panamanian law firm, Mossack...
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Why some courts don’t get consent in sex offence trials
Canadian courts have recently come under intense scrutiny over the treatment of complainants in trials of sexual assault offences. From the judicial discipline proceedings against Judge Robin Camp,...
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