Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Criminal Procedure (2025 Reissue)

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Criminal Law is one of the cornerstones of legal and social organization in Canada. As such, its impact is often felt in some manner, either directly or indirectly, by a wide range of Canadians, and, inevitably, a wide range of legal clients. This reality requires even non-specialists to have a clear understanding of both the substantive and procedural framework that defines the criminal justice system.

Newly revised and thoroughly updated, Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Criminal Procedure (2025 Reissue) by Alan Gold provides that understanding in an authoritative and comprehensive manner. It sets out the law governing criminal procedure in Canada, as codified by the Criminal Code, and complements the discussion of substantive law set out in Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Criminal Offences and Defences. Clearly written and logically organized, this title explains the framework for administering substantive law and discusses the procedural rules that support the implementation and enforcement of that law. The title encompasses such issues as the rules by which, according to the Criminal Code, police powers are exercised, search warrants, judicial interim release, and procuring attendance of witnesses.

Specific topics covered include:

Search and seizure process

• Reasonable search or seizure
• Reasonableness of a search or seizure
  • Warrantless searches
  • Search incidental to arrest
• Issuing of search warrants and orders
  • Conventional search warrants
  • General/surveillance warrants
  • Special warrants
  • Preservation and production orders
  • Review of warrants
• Execution of search warrants
• Forensic DNA analysis
• Access to search warrant documents
• Entering dwelling houses and carrying out arrests
• Charter remedies and police conduct

Apprehension, bail and compelling appearance

• Warrantless arrest
• Release from custody after arrest
• Appearance of accused before Justice
• Information, summons and warrant
• Judicial interim release
• Failure to comply with release conditions
• Effect and enforcement of recognizances

Pleas

• Special pleas
• Previous charges
• Defamatory libel

Insanity and mental disorder

• Defence of mental disorder
• Assessment orders
• Protected statements
• Fitness to stand trial
• Not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder
• Review boards
• Disposition hearings
• High-risk accused
• Dual status offenders

Indictment, counts, joinder and severance

• General and special provisions
• Joinder or severance of counts
• Amendment of indictment or counts

Pre-trial procedures and pre-trial orders

• In camera proceedings and publication bans
• Restrictions on testimony or witnesses
• Language of accused
• Election and preliminary inquiries
• Trial by judge without a jury
• Re-election
• Election deemed or waived
• Procuring attendance
• Remediation agreements

Trial procedure

• Case management and jurisdiction
• Trial without a jury
• Jury trial procedures
• Evidence at trial
• Verdicts
• Character evidence and prior convictions
• Formal defects in the jury process
• Further evidence

Forms and electronic documents

Summary convictions and appeals

• Pre-trial procedure
• Trial
• Adjudication
• Recognizances ordered for the protection of persons
• Appeals
• Fees and allowances

Sentencing and other post-conviction orders

• Sex offender information
• Forfeiture of offence-related property
• Sentencing
  • Principles, procedure and evidence
  • Absolute and conditional discharges
  • Probation
  • Fines and forfeiture
  • Restitution
  • Conditional sentence of imprisonment
  • Imprisonment
  • Pardons and remissions
  • Costs
• Dangerous and long-term offenders

Appeals and miscarriages of justice

• Appeals of indictable offences
  • Procedure on appeal, including release from custody pending appeal
  • Procedural and adjudicatory powers of the Court of Appeal, including new trials
  • Appeals to the Supreme Court of Canada
• Applications for ministerial review for miscarriages of justice

Extraordinary remedies

• Certiorari, habeas corpus and prohibition
• Quashing convictions, orders, proceedings or warrants
• Appeals
• Expungement of historically unjust same-sex sexual offence convictions