Articles 2019

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Pleading to Provincial Offences Under s. 606(4)

  • 13 janvier 2019
  • Benjamin Janzen, Assistant Crown Attorney

Assistant Crown Attorney Benjamin Janzen provides helpful tips for counsel assisting individuals with guilty pleas to provincial offences.

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The Dark Web

  • 13 janvier 2019
  • Erin Pancer, senior prosecutor with the Ministry of the Attorney General, Guns and Gangs Unit

Crown Attorney Erin Pancer provides an overview of the Dark Web and the role of cryptocurrency in facilitating the purchase of drugs and firearms.

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Context is Everything: Voluntariness in 2018

  • 13 janvier 2019
  • Lisa Jørgensen, Cooper Jørgensen

Lisa Jørgensen provides a helpful refresher on the law of voluntariness, with a focus on recent Court of Appeal and Superior Court jurisprudence.

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Case Commentary: R. v. Reeves, 2018 SCC 56

  • 13 janvier 2019
  • Lynda Morgan

Lynda Morgan summarizes the Supreme Court of Canada's recent significant judgment in R. v. Reeves, respecting the effect of the consent of a co-owner or third party to the police seizure of a computer.

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How to Find a Mentor: Advice from a young lawyer

  • 03 octobre 2018
  • Nadia Klein

For young criminal lawyers, mentorship is crucial. Nadia Klein, a young criminal lawyer herself, offers her tips on how to find the mentorship you need.

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Outlining a Sexual Assault Diversion Program

  • 04 juin 2018
  • Nadia Klein and Robin Parker

The #MeToo movement has condemned the criminal justice system’s handling of sexual assault allegations. How can we address these concerns without sacrificing the rights of the accused? A diversion program for less serious sex assault cases may be part of the answer.

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The Ideal Lawyer – 21st Century Redux

The Ideal Lawyer – 21st Century Redux

  • 28 mai 2018
  • Craig A. Brannagan

One hundred years ago, Justice Brewer of the U.S. Supreme Court asked if the ideal lawyer existed, and if so, what qualities constituted this ideal. In 2018, Craig A. Brannagan asks whether Justice Brewer's conclusions apply to lawyers practising in Canada a century later.

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The dangerous fentanyl drug problem: a mens rea issue

  • 24 mai 2018
  • Alan D. Gold, Laura J. Metcalfe, and Alex I. Palamarek

Is fentanyl skewing the sentencing process? Alan Gold and his associates reflect on the punitive implications of the fentanyl scourge.

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