🚗 On Friday, October 30, 2026, the Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision in R. v. Moshfeghi Zadeh. At issue is when a brief lapse of attention amounts to the marked departure from reasonable driving required for criminal liability and whether the trial judge’s mistaken statement of the law affected her decision to acquit.
read more
🚗 On Friday, October 30, 2026, the Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision in R. v. Moshfeghi Zadeh. At issue is when a brief lapse of attention amounts to the marked departure from reasonable driving required for criminal liability and whether the trial judge’s mistaken statement of the law affected her decision to acquit.
read more
🏥 On Friday, October 23, 2026, the Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision in Hemmings v. Padmore. After Sophia Hemmings suffered a severe brain injury during childbirth, a trial judge found her obstetrician, anesthesiologist, and hospital liable. The Court of Appeal left only the anesthesiologist liable. At issue is what patients must prove to connect negligent medical care to their injuries and how closely appellate courts should scrutinize the trial judge’s reasons.
read more
📚 On Friday, October 16, 2026, the Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision in R. v. A.M. and M.P. At issue is whether the Criminal Code’s sexual-history screening rules apply to prosecutions for human trafficking and sexual services offences, and whether the trial judge wrongly restricted the accuseds’ cross-examination of the complainant.
read more
🪶 On Friday, October 9, 2026, the Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision in R. v. Cope. At issue is how courts should sentence an Indigenous offender for violence against an Indigenous woman, and when an appeal court can intervene to change the sentence.
read more
🚦 Welcome to the start of a new season of Fantasy Courts! The site has a fresh look and new features, but otherwise should work the same. This season will run until the end of the year.
Our first decision to predict is R. v. R.B.-C. At issue is how the constitutional right to be tried within a reasonable time applies after an accused has already been found guilty but before sentence is imposed. More particularly, should there be a five-month presumptive ceiling for sentencing delay, and if that ceiling is breached, does the court have to stay the proceedings?
read more