June 26, 2026
On May 4, 2015, a jury convicted Andrew Brown of three counts of forcible confinement, assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, and failing to stop while pursued by police. On Jan. 10, 2017, Brown was sentenced, and a dangerous offender designation was imposed. He appealed his conviction and sentence. The Ontario Court of Appeal delivered its reasons dismissing his appeal on June 23, 2026. Once again, the reasons illustrate the difficulty an appellant faces in challenging a jury verdict (R. v. Brown, 2026 ONCA 454).
June 25, 2026
The federal cyber security authority is calling on organizations across Canada to strengthen their cyber security practices to address emerging risks linked to frontier artificial intelligence (AI).
June 25, 2026
Earlier this year, the Divisional Court of Ontario found that procedures adopted by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) to determine its jurisdiction were unreasonable and contrary to law.
June 25, 2026
For any legal practitioner or advocate deep in the gender-based violence (GBV) sector, certain names carry an undeniable historical weight. Recently, my mind has been occupied by a striking parallel: two landmark legal decisions, separated by more than 30 years and a vast ocean, yet fundamentally bound by the same name, the same history of horrific abuse and the same foundational concept: coercive control.
June 25, 2026
Appeals by appellant Robertson from convictions and from a global sentence of 17 years’ imprisonment. The appeal arose from two incidents of dangerous driving.
June 25, 2026
Ontario’s top court has upheld the convictions of a man accused of sexual assault, saying he did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in recordings the complainant made that allegedly included conversations they had about the assaults.
June 24, 2026
What purpose does imprisonment serve when a person’s body has already become its own prison? That question lies at the core of Canada’s compassionate release laws under s. 121 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (CCRA). More than 30 years after its enactment, however, the provision remains rarely used, raising concerns that it exists more in theory than in practice.
June 24, 2026
Being accused of sexual assault in Canada is an extremely serious matter with potentially life-changing consequences. Under s. 271 of the Criminal Code, sexual assault involves any sexual activity or contact without voluntary and informed consent.
June 23, 2026
The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs has publicly weighed in on a Supreme Court of Canada nomination, stating they “wholeheartedly endorse” Manitoba Court of King’s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal’s candidacy and are “confident he will bring fairness, wisdom and humility to Canada’s highest court.”
June 23, 2026
B.C. is launching a province-wide program aimed at disrupting street disorder and retail crime. The province is investing $16 million over two years in the Chronic Property Offending Intervention Initiative, which will focus on people involved in repeat offences, such as theft, shoplifting, vandalism and street disorder.