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This leading annotated Criminal Code offers noteworthy comments about interesting cases, and a clearer indication of contentious issues and possible arguments that lawyers have come to expect from any other annotated Criminal Code.
Click here for the student edition of The Practitioner's Criminal Code, 2025 Edition.
Practice Gold Standard Criminal Law on the Go – Incorporating Technology with Alan Gold's Unique Insights and Experience
Often known as the "Gold Code," this leading annotated Criminal Code stands out from the competition and is now the choice of the criminal bar across the country and continues to be well received by academia.
The five driving "practitioner-centric" principles behind the "Gold Code" have become a critical feature that criminal lawyers look for in choosing their only portable Criminal Code reference and courtroom companion in their daily use.
Principle 1: Analysis, not just annotations
Principle 2: Synthesis, not just summaries
Principle 3: Case commentaries, not just summaries
Principle 4: The point of the cases, not just the cases on point
Principle 5: "Cases of note" rather than "cases of not"
The Gold Code offers noteworthy comments about interesting cases, and a clearer indication of contentious issues and possible arguments that lawyers have come to expect from any other annotated Criminal Code. Each annual edition is updated and enhanced with a careful review of all "cases of note," keeping only cases that continue to be of note and adding insights on the latest noteworthy developments.
Exclusive E-Book Functionality And now combining technology and Alan Gold's insights on criminal law and procedure, the Gold Code includes a complimentary E-Book version that exclusively offers hyperlinks to full text cases and so you can just read the rule, tap a case and obtain it without additional charge (provided you are online). Plus you can read, bookmark, copy and email text, do key word searches and make highlights and notes. Plus, LexisNexis E-Books are optimized for all mobile devices.
Highlights of the 2025 Edition
Discussion of key recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions, including:
R. v. Hanan, [2023] S.C.J. No. 101, 2023 SCC 12
R. v. Boulanger, [2022] S.C.J. No. 2, 2022 SCC 2, (for s. 11(b) purposes, how delay should be apportioned among the participants)
R. v. Zacharias, [2023] S.C.J. No. 30, 2023 SCC 30 (excision applies to warrantless police conduct)
R. v. Fearon, [2014] S.C.J. No. 77, 2014 SCC 77 (search incident to arrest)
R. v. McColman, [2023] S.C.J. No. 8, 2023 SCC 8 (police vehicle stop on private property)
R. v. Basque, [2023] S.C.J. No. 18, 2023 SCC 18 (prohibition order deduction for provincial suspension)
R. v. Abdullahi, [2023] S.C.J. No. 19, 2023 SCC 19 (criminal organization jury instructions)
La Presse inc. v. Quebec, [2023] S.C.J. No. 22, 2023 SCC 22 (pre-trial publication bans)
Discussion of key recent Court of Appeal cases, including:
R. v. Dhatt, [2023] O.J. No. 4740, 2023 ONCA 699 (meaning of “import” in relation to the CDSA)
R. v. Lambert, [2023] O.J. No. 4617, 2023 ONCA 689, (“seizure” within s. 8 of the Charter takes place if someone with a shared privacy interest in a computer, hands it over to the police of their own initiative)
R. v. Neumann, [2023] A.J. No. 692, 2023 ABCA 200 (he was staying)
R. v. Nguyen, [2023] O.J. No. 2280, 2023 ONCA 367 (expectation of privacy in common areas of multi-unit buildings)
R. v. Sureskumar, [2023] O.J. No. 4828, 2023 ONCA 705 (search incident to arrest)
R. v. Davis, [2023] O.J. No. 1500, 2023 ONCA 227 (fresh start doctrine)
R. v. D'Souza, [2024] A.J. No. 247, 2024 ABCA 77 (attribution of delay responsibility)
R. v. Corner, 2023 ONCA 509, 167 O.R. (3d) 641 (fresh start doctrine)
R. v. Davis, 2023 ONCA 227, 166 O.R. (3d) 401 (fresh start doctrine)
R. v. Bharwani, [2023] O.J. No. 1308, 2023 ONCA 203 (fitness to stand trial)
R. v. I.A., [2023] O.J. No. 3965, 2023 ONCA 589 (presence and party liability)
R. v. Gong, [2023] O.J. No. 1516, 2023 ONCA 230 (common purpose liability)
R. v. R.M., [2023] O.J. No. 5826, 2023 ONCA 859 (jury instruction regarding attempt)
R. v. Fox, [2023] O.J. No. 4491, 2023 ONCA 674 (mens rea luring)
R v D.N., [2023] O.J. No. 3777, 2023 ONCA 561 (unconstitutional presumption of age)
R. v. Hafizi, [2023] O.J. No. 4229, 2023 ONCA 639 (standard for wiretap authorization)
R. v. Collins, [2023] O.J. No. 2938, 2023 ONCA 394 (contemporaneity of actus reus and mens rea for murder)
R. v. Harris, [2023] A.J. No. 275, 2023 ABCA 90 (rolled up jury charge in murder case)
R. v. Penner, [2023] B.C.J. No. 85, 2023 BCCA 191 (constitutionality of 4 year minimum for manslaughter with firearm)
R. v. Barton, [2024] A.J. No. 95, 2024 ABCA 34 (vitiation of consent)
R. v. Owston, [2023] S.J. No. 315, 2023 SKCA 101 (valid consent)
R. v. Diakite, [2023] M.J. No. 138, 2023 MBCA 42 (evidence of virginity)
R. v. Moustaine, [2023] A.J. No. 1034, 2023 ABCA 287 (constitutionality of s. 286.2 and 286.3)
R. v. Larocque, [2024] N.B.J. No. 3, 2024 NBCA 4
R. v. Rousselle, [2024] N.B.J. No. 4, 2024 NBCA 3 (requirement for analyst evidence)
R. v. Sidhu, [2023] A.J. No. 630, 2023 ABCA 184 (scope of DRE evidence)
R. v. D. (A.), [2003] B.C.J. No. 379, 173 C.C.C. (3d) 177 (B.C.C.A.) (minimum sentence for use of firearm)
R. v. Picco, [2023] N.J. No. 204, 2023 NLCA 33 (animal abuse offence elements of “suffering” and “wilfully”)
R. v. Abdelrazzaq, 2023 ONCA 112, 165 O.R. (3d) 721 (sentencing forfeiture)
R. v. Neill, [2023] O.J. No. 5167, 2023 ONCA 765 (warrant severance remedy applied)
R. v. Fyfe, [2023] O.J. No. 4779, 2023 ONCA 715 (reasonable grounds)
Carignan v. R., [2024] Q.J. No. 314, 2024 QCCA 86 (voir dire for reasonable grounds)
R. v. Fraser, [2023] M.J. No. 151, 2023 MBCA 49 (arrest warrant deemed execution)
R. v. R.G., [2023] O.J. No. 2126, 2023 ONCA 343 (reopening after finding of guilt)
R. v. Abreha, [2023] A.J. No. 1310, 2023 ABCA 357 (jury exhortation)
R. v. M.C., [2023] O.J. No. 4157, 2023 ONCA 611 (absence of accused during records application)
R. v. Snelgrove, [2023] N.J. No. 80, 2023 NLCA 12 (absence of accused during jury instruction discussions where designated counsel present)
R. v. Blyan, [2023] A.J. No. 1092, 2023 ABCA 308 (overview of bail pending appeal principles)
R. v. Bean, [2024] A.J. No. 250, 2024 ABCA 80 (use of Judge’s report)
R. v. B.L., [2024] B.C.J. No. 500, 2024 BCCA 108 (appellate jurisdiction to grant sealing and anonymization orders)
R. v. Abdelrazzaq, [2023] O.J. No. 1469, 2023 ONCA 231 (jurisdiction to return for trial court re-sentencing)
R. v. Dahl, [2023] B.C.J. No. 1649, 2023 BCCA 336 (calculation of custody remanet where CSO set aside)
R. v. Baker, [2023] A.J. No. 421, 2023 ABCA 136 (‘faint hope’ application burden)
R. v. Ahmed, [2023] O.J. No. 4486, 2023 ONCA 676 (duties of amicus in Dangerous Offender hearings)
R. v. Smith, [2023] O.J. No. 3902, 2023 ONCA 575 (Dangerous offender “pattern of persistent behaviour”)
R. v. Lonechild, [2023] S.J. No. 236, 2023 SKCA 75 (dangerous offenders)
R. v. Perkins, [2023] A.J. No. 1264, 2023 ABCA 350, and
R. v. R.D.K., [2023] B.C.J. No. 1582, 2023 BCCA 326 (leave to appeal from Summary Conviction Appeal Court)
Plus many more
Discussion of recent noteworthy legislative developments, including changes to the Criminal Code, the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and the Firearms Act
Alan D. Gold practises at Alan D. Gold Professional Corporation. His practice is restricted to criminal trial and appellate work. He has appeared as counsel before all levels of courts in Ontario, as well as in seven of the other provinces. He has argued hundreds of appeals as well as over 50 cases in the Supreme Court of Canada.
Mr. Gold is certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Criminal Litigation and was the first Chairman of the Criminal Litigation Specialty Committee, serving for five years. In 1993, in Washington, D.C., Mr. Gold was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers. He received the G. Arthur Martin Award for Contribution to Criminal Justice in November 1997. He is a past President of the Ontario Criminal Lawyers’ Association (1997 to 2001). Mr. Gold is a Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada, elected in May 2003 for a four-year term and reelected in May 2007 and May 2011. He was appointed by Convocation as Chair of the Hearing Panel on June 26, 2008 and served in that position until the appointment of a full-time Chair effective September 4, 2013. In June 2015, having served the three terms as a bencher that are allowed, he became an emeritus bencher.
Mr. Gold has written many articles and other publications on legal topics, has delivered speeches and presentations on a wide assortment of legal topics to lawyers, judges, law students and other audiences, and is frequently a media commentator. Since August 1996 he has written Alan D. Gold’s Criminal Law NetLetter, available on LexisNexis Quicklaw every Monday morning. His many articles and presentations are also available there.