Criminal Law: Conditional Sentencing; Charter
If the Majority’s decision is upheld herein, one wonders what other provisions of the Code may be affected.
Judicial Compensation & End of Fantasy Courts’ Season 4
The end of July marked the end of season 4 of Fantasy Courts. This season we had 15 decisions to predict with plenty of surprises and close splits.
SCC Today: 3 Leaves Granted, 1 Dismissed
The Supreme Court of Canada grants 3 leaves to appeal and dismisses 1.
Civil Litigation: Doctrine of Merger
The CA determined there could not have been a larger nor more liberal interpretation of the Statement of Claim than in this case.
Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v. Judges of the Provincial Court and Family Court of Nova Scotia, 2020 SCC 21 (38459)
Constitutional law — judicial remuneration
British Columbia (Attorney General) v. Provincial Court Judges’ Association of British Columbia, 2020 SCC 20 (38381)
Constitutional law — judicial independence