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Criminal law 2025 BCSC 968

R. v. Brophy

On sentencing for multiple property offences, the court imposed a global 28-month custodial sentence, credited pre-sentence custody at 1.5:1, and added 24 months of probation.

  • Breaking and entering
  • Theft
  • Possession of stolen property
  • Possession of instruments for breaking
  • Conditional sentence order
  • Pre-sentence custody credit
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Family law 2015 NSSC 267

R.W. v. K.W.

Permission to relocate was granted because there was a material change in circumstances, the father's move was reasonable and motivated by genuine financial necessity that outweighed transitional disruption, the children’s best interests are served by improved financial stability combined with conditions to protect parental contact and child safety; joint custody is continued with the father as primary caregiver during transition and specific conditions are imposed to ensure ongoing contact and mitigate risks related to alcohol and parental responsibilities.

  • Mobility application
  • Joint custody
  • Primary caregiver
  • Best interests of the child
  • Parenting time and access
  • Conditions on relocation
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Criminal law 2015 BCSC 1522

R. v. Feeney

Sentencing reasons for Rory Richard Feeney’s robbery conviction. The court imposed 45 months’ custody, less 10 months’ credit, and made firearms, DNA, and no-contact orders.

  • Robbery
  • Aggravating and mitigating factors
  • Credit for pre‑sentence custody
  • Ancillary orders (firearms ban, dna, no‑contact)
  • Robbery-sentencing
  • Credit-for-pre-sentence-custody
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Criminal law 2010 NSPC 14

R. v. Pearson

The court granted a curative discharge because the applicant, despite prior problematic drinking and a single earlier related incident, demonstrated sufficient commitment, support, access to treatment and a reasonable prospect of managing his addiction such that conditional supervision and treatment would better protect the public than conventional punitive sanctions, subject to strict probationary conditions.

  • Curative discharge
  • Section 255(5) criminal code
  • Probation conditions
  • Balancing deterrence and rehabilitation
  • Treatment as alternative to punishment
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