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Senior defence counsel Paul Calarco continues his review of the appeal courts’ most interesting and relevant decisions for the month of April 2014.

Struggling to find time to read recent Supreme Court of Canada judgments? Vincenzo Rondinelli has condensed the latest SCC judgments to bite-sized consumption – 6 words to be exact – to keep you up to date. Here’s the latest instalment for the month of April, 2014

Jaki Freeman introduces a novel issue that will certainly foster great debate in criminal law circles: mandatory seizing of DNA upon arrest.

Senior defence counsel Paul Calarco continues his review of the appeal courts’ most interesting and relevant decisions for the month of March 2014.

Grace Hession David reviews the Nedelcu decision and the cases that have followed in its wake. Just how far can Crown Attorneys now go in their efforts to rely upon prior compelled evidence?

Struggling to find time to read recent Supreme Court of Canada judgments? Vincenzo Rondinelli has condensed the latest SCC judgments to bite-sized consumption – 6 words to be exact – to keep you up to date.

Mihael Cole offers a very succinct summary of the recent six cases issued by the Ontario Court of Appeal on the mandatory minimum issue for firearms as well as the Kienapple issue as it relates to firearm offences.

Senior defence counsel Paul Calarco continues his review of the appeal courts’ most interesting and relevant decisions for the month of February 2014.

Jeff Berman walks us through some new and useful technological innovations that may assist on bail hearings where that added guarantee is needed on the secondary grounds. This is a helpful review of an innovative area of the law for all defence counsel and crowns.

Struggling to find time to read recent Supreme Court of Canada judgments? Vincenzo Rondinelli has condensed the latest SCC judgments to bite-sized consumption – 6 words to be exact – to keep you up to date. Here’s the latest instalment for the month of January, 2014.