The British Columbia Court of Appeal does not have the jurisdiction to stay or suspend a DNA order pending appeal

Classification of Easements   By: Austin F.

Standard caution used by Edmonton Police Service breached accused's right to counsel: Supreme Court of Canada

Authors Bruce MacFarlane, Robert Frater, and Croft Michaelson discuss recent developments in the law of informer privilege in the forthcoming release of Drug Offences in Canada, 4th edition.

The Hon. René Marin discusses two recent SCC cases on text messages in the upcoming release of Admissibility of Statements, 9th edition

Property never belonged to plaintiff and was not put into names of defendants to facilitate their dealing with it on her behalf

Nichol v. Nichol (2017), 2017 MBQB 144, 2017 CarswellMan 496 (Man. Q.B.)

As of January 17th Legislative Watch will be available as a NEW add-on subscription to LawSource that will allow users to track individual bills or bills relating to specific statutes for deeper, more efficient research.

The doctrine of unexplained recent possession allows a fact finder in a case of unexplained recent possession of goods unlawfully obtained to infer that the accused knew that the property was unlawfully obtained.

Berry v. Burniston (2017), 2017 CarswellAlta 166, 2017 ABQB 77 (Alta. Q.B.)

Evidence was sufficient for finding that there was risk that children were likely to suffer physical and/or emotional harm from actions, failure to act or pattern of neglect on part of parents

Justice minister did not err in ordering extradition of accused to India, relying on assurances of humane treatment