Criminal
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October 28, 2025
CJ Crampton says Federal Court ‘won’t hesitate’ to impose costs on lawyers for undisclosed GenAI use
Counsel who “thumb their noses” at the Federal Court’s requirement to disclose any and all generative AI they used to create court filings will find that the national trial court “won’t hesitate” to ding them with personal costs or initiate contempt proceedings, warns Federal Court Chief Justice Paul Crampton.
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October 28, 2025
Quebec Superior Court launches AI pilot project
The Superior Court of Quebec has given the green light to a sandboxed pilot project that allows some 20 judges to use artificial intelligence to help them with documentary and legislative research, translations and draft judgments. But the initiative draws the line at decision-making or deliberative undertakings, a conservative approach that has earned plaudits from legal observers.
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October 28, 2025
B.C. expanding reach of domestic violence intervention programs with federal funds
British Columbia is expanding the reach of its domestic violence intervention programs as part of a bilateral agreement with the federal government. The province has announced it is providing $750,000 in federal funding to support access to new and expanded programs that support healthy relationships and prevent domestic violence through community-led intervention services.
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October 28, 2025
Law, morality and history: The Nazi generals and the legacy of Nuremberg
In November 2025, the world will mark the 80th anniversary of the Nuremberg trials. Convened in the ruins of postwar Germany, the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg represented humanity’s first comprehensive attempt to hold individuals rather than states criminally accountable for war crimes, crimes against peace and crimes against humanity.
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October 28, 2025
‘Torturous state actions’ at Maplehurst impel conversation for change
There is an ongoing “conversation,” as suggested by the late professor Peter W. Hogg, between the courts and the Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services. That dialogue is now reaching the point of being a shouting match.
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October 27, 2025
SCC ruling in Good Samaritan case focuses on Parliament’s beneficent intention
No one could have predicted that Paul Eric Wilson would be the one to bring about changes in Canada’s laws.
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October 27, 2025
APPEALS - Miscarriage of justice - Question of law - Unreasonable verdict
Appeal by Crown from conditional sentence order for aggravated assault and possession of a dangerous weapon. The respondent, unprovoked, stabbed the victim in the arm with a knife, then chased him into a building and stabbed him again in the abdomen, causing serious injury.
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October 24, 2025
CDSA immunity shields ‘Good Samaritans’ from arrest for simple possession of controlled drugs: SCC
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled 6-3 that s. 4.1(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act — which expressly exempts “Good Samaritans” at the scene of a drug overdose from being “charged” or “convicted” for simple possession of a controlled substance — also shields them from being arrested for the simple possession offence.
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October 24, 2025
Court upholds class action over CBSA’s placement of immigration detainees in prisons
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a class action certification of a case alleging that the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) unlawfully placed thousands of immigration detainees in provincial prisons instead of immigration holding centres (IHCs), despite them not being tried for any criminal offence.
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October 24, 2025
CONSTITUTIONAL ISSSUES - Protection against arbitrary detention or imprisonment - Protection against unreasonable search and seizure
Appeal by Crown from a judgment of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal which reversed Wilson’s convictions and entered acquittals. Wilson was with Delorme, and two other individuals, when Delorme began to overdose after using fentanyl. A member of the group called 9-1-1.