Yukon Court of Appeal - successful appeal in administrative law finding positive obligation on Cabinet to make regulations
Supreme Court of Yukon - successful constitutional challenge of SCAN legislation under s.7 of the Charter.
Yukon Supreme Court - The plaintiffs sought an ordered declaring my client to be an overholding tenant, along with eviction of my clients on November 1, 2019. The Court refused to grant the declaration, and allowed my client to remain in the premises until February 1, 2020.
Supreme Court of Canada - Intervention on behalf of the Commission Nationale des Parents Francophones on a landmark Language Rights case.
Supreme Court of Yukon - Declaration that the Whitehorse Correctional Center does not have the authority to create and segregate inmates in the “Secure Living Unit”.
Supreme Court of Canada - Intervention on behalf of Yukon Legal Aid. The case concerned the power to arrest defendants to peace bond hearings.
Yukon Court of Appeal - Successful appeal upholding an order for an inquest to be held into whether there exists systemic discrimination in the provision of health care services in Carmacks.
Supreme Court of Canada - Intervention on the constitutionality of the amendments to the dangerous offender regime in the Criminal Code.
Yukon Court of Appeal - Successful appeal from conviction. Crown stayed proceedings on retrial.
Selected cases
Quebec Court of Appeal - successful appeal from Dangerous Offender designation
Yukon Court of Appeal - successful appeal in administrative law finding positive obligation on Cabinet to make regulations
Yukon Supreme Court - successful appeal on grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel
Supreme Court of Yukon - successful constitutional challenge of SCAN legislation under s.7 of the Charter.
Yukon Supreme Court - class action against client dismissed following settlement
Yukon Supreme Court - application to strike against client dismissed
Yukon Court of Appeal - Successful appeal from conviction for sexual assault
Yukon Territorial Court - successful application alleging breach of Charter rights, evidence of drugs and guns excluded
Yukon Supreme Court - dismissal of long-term offender designation application
Yukon Supreme Court - Public interest standing in Charter litigation
Yukon Supreme Court - Successful application to be added as party
Yukon Court of Appeal - successful appeal from conviction for assault - acquittal entered on some charges, new trial on others that were ultimately stayed
Yukon Territorial Court - Acquittal in impaired driving charge
Yukon Court of Appeal - Successful appeal from conviction for sexual assault.
Yukon Court of Appeal - Successful appealing quashing a dangerous offender designation, with a finding that MR. Smarch is not a dangerous offender.
Yukon Court of Appeal - Successful appeal upholding sentence imposed for aggravated assault.