Judicial decisions appear to be getting slower, longer, and more complex. What courts and judges should do to solve this problem is far from clear, like should we give judges more writing time. Some of my thoughts now published in the DLJ. digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/dlj/vol45/iss2…

An advocacy group in the Downtown Eastside has shared new footage of a Vancouver police car hitting a man on East Hastings Street. The man, who survived, has been released from hospital. Lien Yeung looks into the questions the incident has raised about police conduct.

Thank you to TLABC for the opportunity to present submissions today before the SCC in R. v. Johnston regarding the use of summary dismissal proceedings in criminal cases. Also kudos to Mark Iyengar for his hard work on our factum!

A landmark day in our Supremes today, with Ellis’ appeal against conviction granted — after his death, with continuation of the appeal based in part on tikanga Māori.

I echo that sentiment today, and even more passionately: please pass Bill C-5 and please pass it fast. 3/3

thank god

Quite the winding road from Pivot Legal Society to this.

YIKES

"Just as we do not tear down our court system after a single wrongful conviction, we must resist any impulse to throttle back the availability of bail based on an outlier case."

Canada needs to fix its post-conviction disclosure catch-22: A lack of access to police investigative material is a significant barrier to advocates for wrongful conviction claimants UBC Innocence Project Justin Ling (Has Left) nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articles…

Our thanks and congratulations to you Tony Paisana and Mark Iyengar for all your efforts!

“That might never have happened, had a young legal academic, @emmajcunliffe, not taken an interest in the case while she was working on her PhD.”

R. v. R.M., 2023 BCCA 455: New trial ordered because trial judge improperly relied on judicial notice to generalize about how "adult predators" act, and then compared that to the accused's alleged conduct.

“all of this sends a strong and sinister message to Albertans that it is permissible, even acceptable, to discriminate on the basis of gender identity. To members of the trans community, the message is they are less than equal members of our society.” edmontonjournal.com/opinion/column…

I cannot accept that this is a saying. Not even in Australia.

Guess who's going to Cambridge this fall! I’m very fortunate to have the support of a Chevening Scholarship as I yet again try to get a little bit smarter.

Excited to do this intervention with my bud Caitlin Shane! The hearing's tentatively scheduled for the week of January 13, 2025. Mark your calendars.

BREAKING WIN for PWUD: Supreme Court of Canada rules against SK govt/police attempt to claw back Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act in R v Wilson. Pivot argued, and court agreed, law protects against simple possession convictions, charges, AND arrests at ODs. Mark Iyengar