Cold Call Drug Buys and the Law of Entrapment
- June 30, 2020
- Heather Ferg
Random virtue testing and police-manufactured crime sow deep seeds of distrust between the citizen and the state. The doctrine of entrapment defines the constitutional boundaries of lawful police conduct in providing opportunities for unwitting targets to commit crimes. In modern…
Chief Justice Wagner Should Resign From COVID-19 Committee
- June 18, 2020
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
The Government of Canada has formed a self-described national leadership body called the Action Committee on Court Operations in Response to COVID-19. The committee is co-chaired by the Honourable David Lametti, Attorney General of Canada, and the Right Honourable Richard…
Wanzhou Meng and a Back Room Meeting in Hong Kong
- May 30, 2020
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On May 27, 2020, Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes of the British Columbia Supreme Court released the ruling on double criminality in the extradition case involving Huawei Chief Financial Officer Wanzhou Meng reported as United States v Meng, 2020 BCSC…
Building Mansions in Hell
- May 16, 2020
- Heather Ferg
A criminal conviction for a serious crime can rip a citizen from society for a long time. The fallout can be devastating. Families are torn apart. Children are often traumatized. The impact of incarceration may be generational. The damage to…
An Invitation to Human Rights Law
- April 30, 2020
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
The coronavirus pandemic has pushed the national unemployment rate in Canada close to eight percent. Higher in Alberta. Many junior lawyers have lost associate positions during the economic downturn and numerous recent law graduates search for articling positions in vain….