The Practitioner's Criminal Code, 2025 Edition + E-Book

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.

Publication Language: English

Published: August 21, 2024

Publisher: LexisNexis Canada

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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.

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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

 Concordance

Table of Cases

Glossary of Terms

Criminal Code Amendments

Criminal Code (Annotated)

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Annotated)

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Annotated)

Youth Criminal Justice Act (Annotated)

Canada Evidence Act (Annotated)

Cannabis Act

DNA Identification Act

Firearms Act

Extradition Act

Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act

Criminal Records Act

Interpretation Act

Offence Chart

Index

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