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Criminal law 2020 BCSC 110

R. v. Arfmann

Court
Supreme Court of British Columbia

The court declined to order an NCRMD hearing on its own motion after a guilty verdict, finding no sufficient evidentiary basis and leaving the broader jurisdictional issue undecided.

  • Not criminally responsible by reason of mental disorder (ncrmd)
  • Fitness to stand trial
  • Court jurisdiction to order assessments
  • Burden of proof and adversarial principles
  • Publication ban
  • Ncrmd
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Criminal law 1999 BCCA 347

R. v. McLeod

Court
British Columbia Court of Appeal

The court held that long-term offender provisions are not limited to sexual offences, but allowed the appeal because Attorney General consent to that application was missing.

  • Long-term offender designation
  • Dangerous offender
  • Attorney general consent (s.754)
  • Weapons prohibition (s.100)
  • Remand for assessment (s.752.1)
  • Remedy and rehearing (s.759(3.1))
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Municipal law [1990] 3 SCR 1213

Save Richmond Farmland Society v. Richmond (Township)

Court
Supreme Court of Canada

The Supreme Court of Canada held that a municipal alderman was not disqualified for bias in a policy-driven rezoning hearing despite public statements favoring development.

  • Bias
  • Reasonable apprehension of bias
  • Zoning
  • Public hearing
  • Procedural fairness
  • Municipal decision‑making
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