Time and space are on the side of the police - Natasha Ellis
Section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (“the Charter”) reads “everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable...
Peace Officer or Safety Officer? - blawger
R v McLeod (“McLeod”) is a Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench case (”the MBQB”) from May 8, 2020. In McLeod, Derry McLeod assaulted a First...
Battered Women Syndrome and Self-Defence - Jessie Anton
After reaching out to Justice McKelvey to see if any interesting or noteworthy cases had passed through her courtroom over the last year...
Mens Rea and Bail Conditions - Furyal Sadiq
Mens rea If you have ever watched the popular Netflix show How To Get Away With Murder, you have probably heard Professor Keating played...
Reasonable Suspicion - Z. Porter
In R v Mack (1988) (“Mack”), the Supreme Court of Canada (“the Court”) set out two branches of the doctrine of entrapment that were later...
