Right to Counsel - Liam Pollock
On July 1, 2018, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police [“the RCMP”] approached a car, which he stated was parked in the middle...
The Complex Balance of Sentencing Children- Cassandra J. Bueckert
R v F (JM) [“JMF”] was recently decided by the Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench (“the MBQB”). The offender in this case, JMF, has already...
Mistakes in the evolving rules of delay - D. Grohl
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (“the Charter”) establishes in section 11(b) that any person who is charged with an offence...
Self-induced intoxication and automatism - blawger
In R v Stone (“Stone”), automatism is defined as “a state of impaired consciousness, rather than unconsciousness, in which an individual...
The Future of Automatism - Justin Vermette
Before giving an analysis of R v Sullivan (“Sullivan”), it is important to give a brief overview of some of the critical elements...
