PRACTICE AREA: Criminal

westlaw Canada is the 2016 Winner of the Hugh Lawford Award

We are excited to announce that last week, westlaw Canada received the Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing.

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Accused who attended fight with members of Hells Angels found guilty of aiding and abetting manslaughter R.

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Word of the Week | Wilful Blindness

R. v. Chang | 2015 CarswellBC 337 | British Columbia Court of Appeal

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Word of the Week | Sexting

R. v. B. (S.) | 2014 CarswellBC 3599 | British Columbia Provincial Court

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Right to counsel does not require police to confirm that accused actually spoke with counsel when provided with opportunity to do so R.

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Supreme Court holds mandatory minimum sentence infringes right to be free of cruel and unusual punishment

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Word of the Week | Lockdowns

R. v. Oates (2012) | 2012 CarswellOnt 9022 | Ontario Court of Justice

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Police Powers | Liquor Licence Act

Ontario court rules search of car trunk under Liquor Licence Act unlawful

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Indefinite licence suspension automatically following dangerous driving conviction giving rise to miscarriage of justice

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Milligan’s Criminal Law Advisor  | Pre-Sentence Custody

Recent Ontario cases find harsh remand conditions result in extraordinary credit for pre-sentence custody

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Watt’s Criminal Law and Evidence Newsletter | Aggravating factor

The failure to consider a relevant aggravating factor, such as the interprovincial impact of heroin trafficking in this instance, would justify appellate intervention with the sentence imposed.

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Word of the Week - Persistent

R. v. McDonald | 2015 CarswellBC 3421 | British Columbia Supreme Court

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