By Gold Law|2018-12-20T09:19:20-05:00December 20th, 2018|
Heather's Legal Summaries: R v Mohamed, 2018 ONCA 966 The “Cumulative Hearsay” Issue R v Mohamed is an Ontario Court of Appeal decision delivered by Strathy C.J.O., Watt and [...]
By Jordan Gold|2017-04-06T21:38:19-04:00March 7th, 2017|
“Lock Them Up! Lock Them Up!”: Is the Tertiary Ground Under Canadian Law Fundamentally Unjust? It has been one-and-a-half years since the Supreme Court of Canada released R. v. St-Cloud, perhaps breathing renewed life [...]
By Gold Law|2017-04-06T12:10:16-04:00January 17th, 2017|
The presumption of diminished responsibility of youth in murder sentencing under Canadian law and the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA): the case of R. v. TF & M.W. In November of 2010, a young man [...]
By Gold Law|2017-04-06T21:41:19-04:00October 21st, 2016|
Joint positions in Canada and the case of R. v. Anthony-Cook. A deferential view by the Supreme Court of Canada. Every day in Canadian courts, hundreds, if not thousands, of guilty pleas are heard [...]
By Gold Law|2020-05-24T12:42:01-04:00June 30th, 2016|
What is a conditional discharge or absolute discharge? A common question that arises in criminal law proceedings is "What is a conditional discharge?" or "What is an absolute discharge?" It is also followed by the [...]
By Gold Law|2017-06-22T12:47:50-04:00March 13th, 2013|
R. v. Summers: the standard of enhanced credit and pre-trial custody in sentencing The use of enhanced credit for pre-trial custody, or "dead time", has long been a point of controversy among the public. [...]
