The Practitioner's Criminal Code, 2026/2027 Edition + E-Book

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Highlights of the 2026/2027 Edition

• Discussion of many key recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions, including:
  • R. v. Kinamore [2025] S.C.J. No. 19, 2025 SCC 19 (sexual inactivity evidence)
  • R. v. Hussein [2026] S.C.J. No. 2, 2026 SCC 2 (cross-examination on accused’s criminal record)
  • R. v. I.M. [2025] S.C.J. No. 23, 2025 SCC 23; R. v. S.B. [2025] S.C.J. No. 24, 2025 SCC 24 (youth sentencing)
  • R. v. Bharwani [2025] S.C.J. No. 26, 2025 SCC 26 (fitness to stand trial)
  • R. v. Rioux [2025] S.C.J. No. 34, 2025 SCC 34 (evidence of consent)
  • R. v. Kloubakov [2025] S.C.J. No. 25, 2025 SCC 25 (material benefit for sexual services)
  • R. v. Carignan [2025] S.C.J. No. 43, 2025 SCC 43 (legality of arrest)
  • R. v. Bouvette [2025] S.C.J. No. 18, 2025 SCC 18 (remedy for successful appeal from conviction)
  • R. v. Sheppard [2025] S.C.J. No. 29, 2025 SCC 29 (sentencing historical offences)
  • R. v. J.W. [2025] S.C.J. No. 16, 2025 SCC 16 (pre-trial custody credit for time in mental facility)
  • R. v. Di Paola [2025] S.C.J. No. 31, 2025 SCC 31 (consideration of other offences)
• Discussion of key recent Court of Appeal cases, including:
  • R. v. Nguyen [2025] O.J. No. 3878, 2025 ONCA 609 (Police surveilling and filming accused in a fenced-off, residential parking lot)
  • R. v. Comeau [2025] N.B.J. No. 91, 2025 NBCA 3 (offence-related property)
  • R. v. C.D. [2025] N.B.J. No. 318, 2025 NBCA 115 (no-contact order youth sentencing)
  • R. v. Samuels [2025] O.J. No. 4655, 2025 ONCA 736 (meaning of 'strip search')
  • R. v. Thompson [2025] O.J. No. 3104, 2025 ONCA 500 (strip searches and s. 100(b))
  • R. v. Mohamed [2025] O.J. No. 3877, 2025 ONCA 611 (parties and principal)
  • R. v. Maadani (appeal by Rashed) [2025] O.J. No. 3185, 2025 ONCA 515 (accessory after fact)
  • R. v. Khiar (appeal by Osman) [2025] O.J. No. 3186, 2025 ONCA 516 (accessory after to attempt murder)
  • R. v. Crossley [2025] B.C.J. No. 1189, 2025 BCCA 224 (intoxication)
  • R. v. Sels [2025] O.J. No. 3595, 2025 ONCA 592 (multiple attackers)
  • R. v. Wojcik [2025] N.B.J. No. 107, 2025 NBCA 46 (firearm forfeiture)
  • R. v. J.B. [2026] O.J. No. 241, 2026 ONCA 44 (position of trust)
  • R. v. Terwilligar [2025] O.J. No. 2050, 2025 ONCA 3471 (prohibition order)
  • R. v. R.P.A. [2025] A.J. No. 950, 2025 ABCA 300 (judge’s obligation to view alleged child porn)
  • Quebec (Attorney General) v. Senneville [2025] S.C.J. No. 33, 2025 SCC 33 (child porn offences minimum sentences)
  • R. v. Harpold [2025] S.J. No. 50, 2025 SKCA 26 (public place)
  • R. v. Busch [2025] B.C.J. No. 653, 2025 BCCA 118 (first degree murder)
  • R. v. Bilinski [2025] A.J. No. 857, 2025 ABCA 270 (proof of mens rea in sex cases)
  • R. v. Kuzmich [2020] O.J. NO. 2528, 2020 ONCA 359 (Section 276 and its requirements apply to preliminary hearings)
  • R. v. Emereuwa [2025] S.J. No. 235, 2025 SKCA 8 (mens rea of breath demand refusal offence)
  • R. v. Wright [2025] S.J. No. 124, 2025 SKCA 52 (2:1 decision)
  • R. v. Westgard [2025] S.J. No. 125, 2025 SKCA 53 (right to counsel response)
  • R. v. Kim [2025] O.J. No. 2968, 2025 ONCA 478 (proof of alcohol standard)
  • R. v. Mivasair [2025] O.J. No. 1066, 2025 ONCA 179 (private informations)
  • R. V. H.(G.) [2025] O.J. No. 4189, 2025 ONCA 6671 (start of ‘trial’)
  • R. v. DeChamp [2024] N.S.J. No. 683, 2024 NSCA 86 (right to re-elect judge alone in murder)
  • R. v. J.J.K.G. [2025] B.C.J. No. 1269, 2025 BCCA 234 (particulars vs. surplusage)
  • R. v. Henderson [2025] O.J. No. 3300, 2025 ONCA 550 (joinder charges for ‘same transaction’)
  • R. v. Singh [2025] O.J. No. 3103, 2025 ONCA 498 (direction to convict)
  • R. v. Thangarajah [2025] O.J. No. 5651, 2025 ONCA 897 (appeal from refusal of extension of time to appeal)
  • R. v. S.H. [2025] O.J. No. 1889, 2025 ONCA 3201 (release order wording)
  • R. v. Dennis [2025] O.J. No. 3058, 2025 ONCA 499 (appointment of counsel for appeal)
  • R. v. Becks [2025] M.J. No. 192, 2025 MBCA 69 (appointment of counsel for appeal)
  • R. v. P.K. [2025] N.J. No. 46, 2025 NLCA 6 (appointment of counsel for appeal)
  • R. v. D.S. [2025] M.J. No. 45, 2025 MBCA 16 (remote testimony)
  • R. v. D.B. [2025] O.J. No. 3505, 2025 ONCA 5771 (family separation as a serious collateral consequence)
  • R. v. Jiang [2025] O.J. No. 3954, 2025 ONCA 624 (sentencing after re-trial)
  • R. v. Ordway [2025] B.C.J. No. 1075, 2025 BCCA 202 (joint submission regarding pretrial custody credit)
  • R. v. T.S.K. [2025] B.C.J. No. 338, 2025 BCCA 59 (review of extension of time refusal)
  • R. v. Ethier [2026] O.J. No. 567, 2026 ONCA 103 (jump principle in sentencing)
  • R. v. Kipusi [2026] O.J. No. 487, 2026 ONCA 86 (protected statements pursuant to s. 672.21 of the Code)
  • R. v. Toole [2026] O.J. No. 566, 2026 ONCA 99 (s. 11(b) and adjournment to await SCC decision)
  • 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