Harper Versus the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court’s rejection of Justice Marc Nadon, the Harper government’s nominee to fill  the current vacancy in the court, is a hopeful sign for criminal defence lawyers and their clients. The ruling is generally interpreted as expressing the...

Consent Fraud And Sexual Assault

  The Supreme Court has ruled  a man who made holes in a condom without telling his girlfriend is guilty of sexual assault. The court held that leading the woman to believe she was protected from pregnancy when in fact she wasn’t constituted fraud which...