R. v. Lai

JurisdictionBritish Columbia
JudgeThe Honourable Madam Justice Newbury,The Honourable Mr. Justice Willcock,The Honourable Mr. Justice Butler
Neutral Citation2021 BCCA 105
Docket NumberCA45808
Citation2021 BCCA 105
Date09 March 2021
CourtCourt of Appeal (British Columbia)

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7 practice notes
  • Calculating the Total Delay Period
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive A Proactive Practitioner's Guide to Section 11(b) of the Charter
    • May 29, 2024
    ...76–79; R v Lavoie , 2017 ABQB 66 at paras 38–39; R v Weber , 2022 SKQB 116 at para 47; Brown , above note 207 at paras 72–75; R v Lai , 2021 BCCA 105 at para 48; Contra: Brar (SCA), above note 207 at paras 123–32, Woollcombe J. 288 Shaikh , above note 111; R v Chung , 2021 ONCA 188. ...
  • Where Delay Exceeds the Ceiling - Exceptional Circumstances
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive A Proactive Practitioner's Guide to Section 11(b) of the Charter
    • May 29, 2024
    ...R v Rai , 2019 BCCA 377; R v Pauls , 2020 ONCA 220 [ Pauls ], airmed in the result in R v Yusuf , 2021 SCC 2 [ Yusuf ]; R v Lai , 2021 BCCA 105; R v Vader , 2019 ABCA 191 at para 26. 11 2018 ONCA 489 at paras 37–60, leave to appeal refused (without reasons) 2018 CanLII 116611 (SCC) [ Jurkus......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive A Proactive Practitioner's Guide to Section 11(b) of the Charter
    • May 29, 2024
    ...38 R v Kutynec, 1992 CanLII 7751 (ON CA) ........................................................................... 14 R v Lai, 2021 BCCA 105 ........................................................................................... 66, 104 R v Lai, 2021 SCC 52 .................................
  • R v Clarke
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • February 23, 2023
    ...via a distinction between ‘attribution’ of delay and ‘characterization’ of law which is reflected in R v Lai, 2021 BCCA 105 at paras 55-57, 402 CCC (3d) 1, appeal dismissed 2021 SCC 52, 408 CCC (3d) 1. As stated by this Court in R v Steadman, 2021 ABCA 332 at par......
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4 cases
  • R v Clarke,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • February 23, 2023
    ...via a distinction between ‘attribution’ of delay and ‘characterization’ of law which is reflected in R v Lai, 2021 BCCA 105 at paras 55-57, 402 CCC (3d) 1, appeal dismissed 2021 SCC 52, 408 CCC (3d) 1. As stated by this Court in R v Steadman, 2021 ABCA 332 at par......
  • 2023 ABCA 62,
    • Canada
    • January 1, 2023
    ...via a distinction between ‘attribution’ of delay and ‘characterization’ of law which is reflected in R v Lai, 2021 BCCA 105 at paras 55-57, 402 CCC (3d) 1, appeal dismissed 2021 SCC 52, 408 CCC (3d) 1. As stated by this Court in R v Steadman, 2021 ABCA 332 at par......
  • 2025 ONCA 151,
    • Canada
    • January 1, 2025
    ...O.R. (3d) 240; R. v. Picard, 2017 ONCA 692, 137 O.R. (3d) 401, at para. 137, leave to appeal refused, [2018] S.C.C.A. No. 135; R. v. Lai, 2021 BCCA 105, 402 C.C.C. (3d) 1, per G.B. Butler J.A., dissenting, but not on this point, at paras. 162-165, aff'd 2021 SCC 52, 407 C.C.C. (3d) 1; R. v.......
  • R v Vrbanic,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • February 28, 2025
    ...O.R. (3d) 240; R. v. Picard, 2017 ONCA 692, 137 O.R. (3d) 401, at para. 137, leave to appeal refused, [2018] S.C.C.A. No. 135; R. v. Lai, 2021 BCCA 105, 402 C.C.C. (3d) 1, per G.B. Butler J.A., dissenting, but not on this point, at paras. 162-165, aff'd 2021 SCC 52, 407 C.C.C. (3d) 1; R. v.......
3 books & journal articles
  • Calculating the Total Delay Period
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive A Proactive Practitioner's Guide to Section 11(b) of the Charter
    • May 29, 2024
    ...76–79; R v Lavoie , 2017 ABQB 66 at paras 38–39; R v Weber , 2022 SKQB 116 at para 47; Brown , above note 207 at paras 72–75; R v Lai , 2021 BCCA 105 at para 48; Contra: Brar (SCA), above note 207 at paras 123–32, Woollcombe J. 288 Shaikh , above note 111; R v Chung , 2021 ONCA 188. ...
  • Where Delay Exceeds the Ceiling - Exceptional Circumstances
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive A Proactive Practitioner's Guide to Section 11(b) of the Charter
    • May 29, 2024
    ...R v Rai , 2019 BCCA 377; R v Pauls , 2020 ONCA 220 [ Pauls ], airmed in the result in R v Yusuf , 2021 SCC 2 [ Yusuf ]; R v Lai , 2021 BCCA 105; R v Vader , 2019 ABCA 191 at para 26. 11 2018 ONCA 489 at paras 37–60, leave to appeal refused (without reasons) 2018 CanLII 116611 (SCC) [ Jurkus......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive A Proactive Practitioner's Guide to Section 11(b) of the Charter
    • May 29, 2024
    ...38 R v Kutynec, 1992 CanLII 7751 (ON CA) ........................................................................... 14 R v Lai, 2021 BCCA 105 ........................................................................................... 66, 104 R v Lai, 2021 SCC 52 .................................