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R v Kirkpatrick: A Welcome Decision

6 Oct 2022

On July 29, 2022 the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released the Kirkpatrick decision. In a split concurring decision, the majority concluded that when condom use is a condition to engage in sex, a...

Part II: What more should the Quebec government do to address sexual and domestic violence?

3 Aug 2022

In the first part of this two-part blog series, I argued that Quebec鈥檚 new court division that will exclusively hear sexual violence and domestic violence cases has the potential to increase access...

Part I: How is Quebec using the judicial system to address sexual and domestic violence?

27 Jul 2022

In September 2021, Andr茅anne Ouellet, a 32-year-old mother of five young children, was killed by her ex-partner. Her death drew attention to what some have called 鈥渢he parallel epidemic鈥� of...

Clarifying the confusion about the recent Brown and Sullivan decisions

7 Jul 2022

鈥淭his is not a drunkenness case鈥� is how the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) opens the second paragraph of the recent R v Brown decision. Despite this explicit instruction, some news media and viral...

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