Young Offenders and the Automatic Right to Appeal to the SCC - A.T.
Is section 37(10) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) constitutional? The following blog will discuss the decision of R. v. C.P. as...
Consent: How the Growing Issue of Stealthing Needs to be Addressed - Jamie Robertson
Case and Relevant Criminal Code Section Discussion The case of R v Kirkpatrick (“Kirkpatrick”) concerns an issue that is important to...
Cell Phones and the Reasonable Expectation to Privacy - Thomas Mooney
The Supreme Court’s treatment of the privacy concerns inherent in an individual’s cell phone may demonstrate a worrying trend in the...
Social Factors Affecting Voluntariness - Caitlin Madden
How does the court determine if something is truly voluntary? Are all individuals held to the same standard? This blog will focus on the...
Police Powers in the Metaverse: Why the Charter’s Section 8 Will Have to Change - N.J. Peterman
Chief Justice Dickson famously advised in Hunter v Southam that section 8 of the Charter protects “people, not places.”[1] With the...
