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The following is a list of unsolved murders in Canada. Hundreds of homicides occur across Canada each year, many of which end up as cold cases . [ 1 ] In 2021, the country's intentional homicide rate stood at around 2.06 per 100,000 individuals, [ 2 ] increasing for the third consecutive year. [ 3 ]
The Supreme Court of Canada is the court of last resort and final appeal in Canada. Cases successfully appealed to the Court are generally of national importance. Once a case is decided, the Court publishes written reasons for the decision, that consist of one or more opinions from any number of the nine justices.
From 1867 to 1949, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was the highest court of appeal for Canada (and, separately, for Newfoundland, which did not join Canada as a province until 1949). During this period, its decisions on Canadian appeals were binding precedent on all Canadian courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada .
Full case name: Her Majesty The Queen and Attorney General of Quebec v Alexandre Bissonnette: Citations: 2022 SCC 23: Docket No. 39544 [1] Prior history: Judgment for defendant in the Court of Appeal for Quebec: Holding; Section 745.51 of the Criminal Code violates Section 12 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and is of no force or ...
Case name Citation Date Subject January 7, 2000 - Appointment of Beverley McLachlin as Chief Justice of Canada: Arsenault-Cameron v Prince Edward Island [2000] 1 S.C.R. 3, 2000 SCC 1 January 13, 2000 language rights Reference re Firearms Act [2000] 1 S.C.R. 783, 2000 SCC 31 June 15, 2000 Criminal law power Lovelace v Ontario
Canada's federal government introduced a bill on Thursday aimed at addressing what the justice minister called a "shameful" over-representation of Black and indigenous people in the criminal ...
R v Brown, 2022 SCC 18, is a decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the constitutionality of section 33.1 of the Criminal Code, which prohibited an accused from raising self-induced intoxication as a defence to criminal charges.
This is a chronological list of notable cases decided by the Supreme Court of Canada from the formation of the Court in 1875 to the retirement of Gérald Fauteux in 1973. Note that the Privy Council heard appeals for criminal cases until 1933 and for civil cases until 1949. Also between 1888 and 1926, no criminal appeals were allowed to the ...