Why has this taken so long? In October of 2009, a video surfaced on YouTube that depicted Abbotsford Police taking down suspects they believed were involved in a drug transaction. The clip depicts officers kicking a man in the head, as well as standing on his legs, despite the fact that the man was lying on the […]
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The Supreme Court of Canada recently released their decision in R. v. Tran, a case about a murder that occurred loosely in the context of a domestic assault. The case concerned the quasi-defence of provocation. Provocation exists as a partial defence only to the charge of murder. Although raising and successfully establishing provocation at trial will
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By now, I’m sure you’ve heard of the changes to the law of drinking and driving in British Columbia. There has been a lot of controversy about the new laws, which will be a feature of discussion on this blog. In this post, I hope to outline a little bit about drinking and driving offences
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