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Texting Impersonations: SCC Weighs Digital Privacy in R v Campbell

In R v. Campbell, 2024 SCC 42 (“Campbell”), the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) weighed in on whether the police had lawful authority to use the cellphone of a drug dealer without a warrant to continue a text message conversation with an alleged drug distributor. In a 6-3 split, the SCC held that while there was a violation of section 8 of the Charter and Rights and Freedoms [“Charter”], the warrantless search of Mr. Campbell was justified under the exigent circumstances exception outlined in section 11(7) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (“CDSA”).

Appeal Watch: Can’t Talk to Your Head of State? SCC to rule on Unilingual Lieutenant Governors in New Brunswick in Acadian Society

In the Acadian Society of New Brunswick v The Right Honorable Prime Minister of Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) will decide whether the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick must be bilingual [41398].  Overturning the decision by the Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick (“NBQB”), the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick (“NBCA”) ruled in the Right Honourable Prime Minister of Canada et al v. La Société de l’Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick 2024 NBCA 70 (“SANB” ) that the appointment did not contravene the Charter's language provisions.

Book Review: Truth be Told by former Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin

Truth Be Told: My Journey Through Life and the Law by Beverley McLachlin Simon & Schuster, 373 pages, $39.99 The days of a Supreme Court Justice are long. Filled with hours of research, reading, and writing. It’s not the typical sunset career one may dream of. It takes a special type of person. So, it […]

The Most Cited Decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada

This brief comment will have the objective of answering a simple but very interesting two-part question: which Supreme Court of Canada decisions have received the most judicial treatment by subsequent courts and tribunals, and how many times have they been referenced in Canadian jurisprudence? Methodology and Data The list below (and accompanying data) was compiled […]