The Practitioner's Criminal Code

ebook Volume 1

By Alan D. Gold

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Now Includes the Latest Bill C-75 Amendments, in force July 21, 2019, September 19, 2019 and December 18, 2019.

Key Changes Include:

  • a new discretionary victim surcharge provision, in force July 21, 2019
  • elimination of peremptory challenges in jury selection
  • streamlining of the bail system
  • restricted use of preliminary inquiries
  • hybridizing most indictable offenses punishable by a maximum penalty of 10 years or less
  • increasing the default maximum penalty to two years or less a day of imprisonment for summary conviction offences
  • and more!

    Practice Gold Standard Criminal Law on the Go – Incorporating Technology with Alan Gold's Unique Insights and Experience

    Often known as the "Gold Code," this leading annotated Criminal Code stands out from the competition and is now the choice of the criminal bar across the country and continues to be well received by academia.

    The five driving "practitioner-centric" principles behind the "Gold Code" have become a critical feature that criminal lawyers look for in choosing their only portable Criminal Code reference and courtroom companion in their daily use.

  • Principle 1: Analysis, not just annotations
  • Principle 2: Synthesis, not just summaries
  • Principle 3: Case commentaries, not just summaries
  • Principle 4: The point of the cases, not just the cases on point
  • Principle 5: "Cases of note" rather than "cases of not"

    The Gold Code offers noteworthy comments about interesting cases, and a clearer indication of contentious issues and possible arguments that lawyers have come to expect from any other annotated Criminal Code. Each annual edition is updated and enhanced with a careful review of all "cases of note," keeping only cases that continue to be of note and adding insights on the latest noteworthy developments.

    Exclusive E-Book Functionality

    And now combining technology and Alan Gold's insights on criminal law and procedure, the Gold Code includes a complimentary E-Book version that exclusively offers hyperlinks to full text cases and so you can just read the rule, tap a case and obtain it without additional charge (provided you are online). Plus you can read, bookmark, copy and email text, do key word searches and make highlights and notes. Plus, LexisNexis E-Books are optimized for all mobile devices.

    Highlights of the 2020 Edition

  • Amendments to the Criminal Code up to S.C. 2018, c. 29 (Bill C-51), in force December 13, 2018, modifying certain provisions of the Criminal Code relating to sexual assault in order to clarify their application and to provide a procedure applicable to the admissibility and use of a complainant's record when in the possession of the accused.
  • Amendments to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act up to S.C. 2018, c. 16, increasing the maximum penalties for certain offences and to authorize the Minister to engage persons having technical or specialized knowledge to provide advice.
  • New Cannabis Act, in force October 17, 2018
  • Discussion of recent key cases such as:

  • R. v. Morrison [2019] S.C.J. No. 15 (child luring)
  • R. v. Jarvis [2019] S.C.J. No. 10 (voyeurism offence)
  • R. v. Suter [2018] S.C.J. No. 34 (sentencing in refusal to provide breath sample following causing bodily harm or death cases)
  • R. v. Vice Media Canada Inc. [2018] S.C.J. No. 53 (protection of media sources)
  • R. v. Wong [2018] S.C.J. No. 25 (withdrawal of guilty plea for unanticipated collateral consequences)
  • R. v. Boudreault [2018] S.C.J. No. 58 (Victim Fine Surcharge)
  • R. v. Gubbins [2018] S.C.J. No. 44...
  • The Practitioner's Criminal Code