Cases
Violence against women
R. v. Rhodes
This case has been referred to by many as the “sex is in the air” case. On October 12, 2010 the appellant Rhodes was convicted of sexually assaulting the complainant, a young Aboriginal woman half his size, on the side of a deserted highway north of Thompson Manitoba. During the assault the complainant cried that [...]
N.S. v. R. (SCC)
LEAF is intervening at the appeal of this case before the Supreme Court of Canada. The hearing is scheduled for December 8, 2011. Further detail can be found under Recent Cases and under the R. v. N.S. 2010 entry dealing with the Ontario Court of Appeal intervention and decision.
R. v. D.A.I.
On February 10, 2012 the SCC released its decision in R. v. D.A.I. confirming the importance of access to justice for sexual assault complainants with intellectual and other disabilities. In the past, these women were excluded from testifying if they couldn’t explain the meaning of concepts like promise, truth and falsehood. No other category of [...]
R. v. Ewanchuk
In the case of R. v. Ewanchuk, a 17-year old woman went for a job interview in a trailer at a city mall in Alberta. By the time she left she had been subjected to unwanted sexual touching by a 49 year old man – her prospective employer. She had said “no” to his sexual [...]
