Uncategorized | The ReeveLaw Blog - Part 17

THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA EQUATES “FULL ANSWER AND DEFENCE” WITH COMPLAINANT PRIVACY ISSUES. “”Parliament has legislated a formula for wrongful convictions. Indeed, it has all but guaranteed them.” “The screening regime “makes private records presumptively inadmissible when tendered by the defence, but presumptively admissible when tendered by the Crown,” as the latter is not subject to the regime.” “This decision significantly and permanently erodes fair trial rights for people charged with certain offences. And that goes against our bedrock values – or what used to be our bedrock values.”

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CRIMINAL LAWYERS IN ENGLAND HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH UNDER-FUNDING OF LEGAL AID AND THEY’RE GOING ON STRIKE – You can’t live on less than minimum wage. https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/jun/27/criminal-barristers-begin-strike-in-row-over-legal-aid-fees

ABORTION: IN CANADA, A FETUS IS NOT A HUMAN BEING – For your thoughts and discussions on the topic of abortion, it’s good to know that section 223 of the Criminal Code of Canada is the defining law: “(1) A child becomes a human being within the meaning of this Act when it has completely proceeded, in a living state, from the body of its mother whether or not (a) it has breathed, (b) it has an independent circulation or (c) the navel string is severed. (2) A person commits homicide when he causes injury to a child before or during its birth as a result of which the child dies after becoming a human being.”

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IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES OF A GUILTY PLEA – For example, since Harper reclassified impaired driving as a “serious criminal offence”, upon a plea of guilty or conviction a non-citizen will be deported without right of appeal. Be aware.

TOUGH CASES MAKE BAD LAW – I don’t think this attempt is going to work.

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YES, THEY CAN DO THIS – send the Sheriff out onto the street to randomly grab some potential jurors.

PRESUMPTIVELY REMOTE COURT HEARINGS – The Supreme Court of Canada’s Chief Justice Richard Wagner said “Now, we actively encourage remote hearings,”

THANK YOU Mr. Steven Skurka for being so bold as to raise the “driving while black” defence so many years ago against great outrage. Today, systemic police racism in the Toronto Police Service has finally been officially acknowledged.