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Welcome to
The Criminal Law Notebook,

a free resource of Canadian criminal law written by Peter Dostal.

1237 articles

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The Criminal Law Notebook

This site reviews a variety of topics in Canadian criminal law. It is intended to be used as a reference for those seeking to understand technical elements of the law better. It will be particularly useful to practitioners, police officers and law students who need a convenient way to look up legislation, principles, and case law. Citations include links to CanLII whenever possible. The reader is assumed to have prior knowledge of criminal law.

To learn more about this project, read the About The Criminal Law Notebook page.

Please feel free to contact the author, Peter Dostal, LLB, at [email protected] with any comments.

If you are interested in helping to keep the website up and free to everyone, consider making a one-time donation or become a patron to help cover the costs of running this website.

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General Topics

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Case Digests

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News

May 8, 2020

Feature Update: Quotations from most legislation now include an option to note up the provision on CanLII.

May 1, 2020

Government adds to Regulation SOR/98-462 deeming a list of over 1,000 firearms to be prohibited.

April 2, 2020

Supreme Court of Canada releases R v Friesen, 2020 SCC 9 (CanLII), per Wagner C.J. and Rowe J that provides detailed guidance on sentencing for child sexual offence including the need to increase penalties.

December 18, 2019

The last portion of bill C-75 is now in force. It includes major changes to the detention and release provisions.

September 19, 2019

A large portion of bill C-75 is now in force, including removal of preliminary inquiries for certain indictable offences.

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Disclaimer

Any views or opinions expressed within this website are those of the author alone.

Nothing should be construed as official statements of any governmental or non-governmental organization.

There is no guarantee whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness, or currency of the information provided in this website.

Nothing here should be taken as legal advice.

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-[[List of Criminal Code Amendments]] | [[Table of Concordance (Criminal Code)|Criminal Code Table of Concordance]] |  [[Offences by Penalty|List of Offences by Penalty]] | [[Criminal Code and Related Definitions|Definitions]] | [[List of Criminal Code Forms|Criminal Code Forms]] | [[Precedents, Court Forms and Checklists]] | [[Rules of Court]] | [[Glossary]] | [[Crime Statistics]] | [[Court Composition]]
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