On May 29, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its much-anticipated decision dealing with the law of entrapment in the cases of R v Ahmad and R v Williams heard together last fall. The majority ruling provides some clarity over how the entrapment framework is to be applied in a police drug investigation. […]
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On June 1, 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada handed down a highly anticipated decision: Groia v Law Society of Upper Canada, 2018 SCC 27. Joe Groia, a commercial litigator practicing in Toronto, was appealing a finding of professional misconduct by the Law Society of Upper Canada. While defending a client on charges of […]
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Police are a necessary part of any functional society, but what happens if you stop feeling protected and begin feeling threatened by your police force? It is not a society that many would choose to live in but unfortunately it is starting to become a trend in many big cities, including Toronto. On November 4, […]
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During the sentencing hearing, an individual convicted of a criminal offence will be told that they are to pay a victim surcharge. The victim surcharge is a monetary penalty applied upon conviction in addition to any other sentence imposed by the judge. While it used to be the case that judges could choose not to […]
Since 2004, the Government of Canada has maintained a National Sex Offender Registry (NSOR) containing detailed personal information about individuals convicted of designated sexual offences. Conviction for most of these offences triggers a mandatory order to report regularly to the registry. Recently, the Government of Canada proposed changes to strengthen the National Sex Offender Registry, […]
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