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Criminal law 2024 BCSC 2298

R. v. Macaulay

The court upheld Mr. Macaulay’s detention pending trial, finding continued custody justified on secondary grounds given his record, breach history, and risk to public safety.

  • Section 515 criminal code
  • Section 525 criminal code
  • Secondary grounds for detention
  • Proportionality in pretrial detention
  • Bail conditions and compliance
  • Identification evidence
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Criminal law 2023 BCSC 1949

R. v. Jury

At a s. 525 detention review, the court ordered Travis John Jury to remain in custody, finding he posed risks to public safety, witnesses, and the administration of justice.

  • Judicial interim release
  • Section 525 criminal code
  • Secondary and tertiary grounds for detention
  • Witness intimidation
  • Bail conditions
  • Detention review
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Criminal law 2021 BCSC 1492

R. v. Singh

The court dismissed a s. 525 Criminal Code bail review, holding it lacked jurisdiction because the accused was also detained under IRPA and thus held in respect of another matter.

  • Bail
  • Detention
  • Section 525 criminal code
  • Immigration detention
  • Jurisdiction
  • Criminal-procedure
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Criminal law 2021 BCSC 261

R. v. Walsh

The court dismissed a s. 525 detention review application, holding that the accused was ineligible because he was already detained on other matters.

  • Section 525 criminal code
  • Detention review
  • Jurisdictional eligibility
  • Section 515(10) release criteria
  • Criminal-law
  • Bail-and-detention
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Criminal law 2020 BCSC 761

R. v. Sihata

The court held it lacked jurisdiction to conduct a s. 525 detention review because the accused was already detained on other matters pending a bail decision.

  • Section 525 criminal code
  • Judicial interim release
  • Secondary grounds detention
  • Jurisdiction to conduct detention review
  • Criminal-law
  • Bail-and-pre-trial-detention
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Criminal law 2020 BCSC 233

R. v. Ibanez

The court held that pre-amendment s. 525 of the Criminal Code did not require automatic successive 90-day detention review hearings.

  • Pre-trial detention
  • Section 525 criminal code
  • Judicial review
  • Unreasonable delay
  • Bill c-75 amendments
  • Pre-trial-detention
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Criminal law 2019 BCSC 1401

R. v. Lambert

The court held it lacked jurisdiction to conduct a s. 525 detention review because the accused’s consent to remain in custody on a later charge restarted the detention clock.

  • Section 525 criminal code
  • Pre-trial detention
  • Consent to remain in custody
  • Intervening detention order
  • R. v. myers precedent
  • Criminal-law
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Criminal law 2019 BCSC 1304

R. v. Gill

Review of detention under s. 525 of the Criminal Code. The Supreme Court of British Columbia confirmed Mr. Gill’s detention, finding the release plan did not overcome risk concerns.

  • Pre-trial detention
  • Section 525 criminal code
  • Section 515(10) criminal code
  • Reverse onus
  • Risk of reoffending
  • Surety and release conditions
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Criminal law 2016 BCSC 2506

R. v. Bhullar

The court held that s. 525 of the Criminal Code was unavailable after guilty pleas had been entered, and adjourned the application generally pending possible plea-strike proceedings.

  • Section 525 criminal code
  • Section 523(2)(a) criminal code
  • Pre-trial detention review
  • Effect of guilty plea on detention review
  • Vacatur of interim release orders
  • Criminal-code-s-525
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Criminal law 2016 BCSC 376

R. v. Elmi

Bail review under s. 525 of the Criminal Code dismissed. The court held the section requires a two-step inquiry and found no unreasonable delay.

  • Judicial interim release
  • Section 525 criminal code
  • Unreasonable delay
  • Section 515(10)
  • Section 520/521 review
  • Bail-review
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