The Arar Inquiry: Canada Faces a Case of Torture

Is Canada Going To Pot? Stephanie Skurka

In 1959, at the age of 14, Steven Truscott was co

The Sentencing of Martha Stewart: Why the 'Domestic Diva' Would Not Go to Jail in Canada Steven Skurka, Margaret Bojanowska

Canada's Response to Terrorism: The Investigative Hearing Steven Skurka, Margaret Bojanowska

The Canadian response to terrorism Steven Skurka, R. Graig Bottomley

Northern Lights Leslie Pringle, Steven Skurka April 2002 47   Innocence at Stake and Privilege in Peril When an accused person knows that someone else has confessed to a lawyer the very crime with which the accused is charged, can the accused pierce privilege and get access to the confession t

Northern Lights Steven Skurka, Leslie Pringle, Elsa Renzella January/February 2002 37 The Inquiry into the Wrongful Conviction of Thomas Sophonow On December 23, 1981, Barbara Stoppel, a young beautiful woman was murdered while working the evening shift of a local donut shop in the Canadian city

Northern Lights Steven Skurka, Leslie Pringle November 2001 37 The Price of Secrecy: R. v. Pan; R. v. Sawyer The Supreme Court of Canada recently analyzed and upheld both the common law and statutory provisions protecting the rules of secrecy which surround jury deliberations. In R. v. Pan; R. v.

Northern Lights Leslie Pringle, Steven Skurka August 2001 45   Shocking the Canadian Conscience in Extradition One basis for resisting extradition from Canada is that the proceedings would amount to an abuse of process that would shock the Canadian conscience. Until quite recently, there wasn't

Northern Lights Leslie Pringle, Steven Skurka April 2001 58   Wiretapping: Canada's Supreme Court Gives Constitutional Values a Boost Before a wiretap is issued in Canada, the Criminal Code requires that a judge be satisfied that other investigative procedures have been tried and have failed, o

Northern Lights Steven Skurka, Leslie Pringle January/February, 2001 47   The Case of the Smoking Video As criminal defence lawyers the subject of the lawyer possessing the “smoking gun” or “bloody shirt” makes for good law school discussion. The curious question posed by the lawyer confronted

Northern Lights Leslie Pringle, Steven Skurka, Phil Campbell November 2000 39   Medical Marijuana Is Now Parliament's Problem In R. v. Parker (July 31, 2000), the Court of Appeal for Ontario lobbed directly into the government's court the vexed issue of medicinal marijuana use. The prohibitions

Northern Lights Leslie Pringle, Steven Skurka, Rachel Young August/September 2000 34 The Problem of Career Offenders Call them what you will - habitual criminals, dangerous or professional criminals, certain offenders pose difficult problems for justice systems worldwide. At what point is society