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Canada's Court: Oral Arguments from the SCC

by Criminal Lawyers' Association
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Canada’s Court is the first podcast to highlight select oral hearings from The Supreme Court of Canada. Presented by the Criminal Lawyers’ Association and available on all major podcast platforms. Visit podcast.criminallawyers.ca for more information. A full webcast version of the oral arguments featured in each episode can be viewed from The Supreme Court of Canada website at scc-csc.ca or obtained from the court directly. The Supreme Court of Canada is not affiliated with this podcast and did not produce or participate in it’s creation.

Latest episodes

  • His Majesty the King v. Robert Joseph DeSutter

    October 6, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

    The respondent was charged with multiple counts of sexual offences in relation to three separate complainants, and in addition was charged with one count of simple assault. At trial, he was found guilty of the assault, but acquitted of the…

  • His Majesty the King v. Robert Vrbanic, et al.

    September 29, 2026 · 2 hr 14 min

    The two respondents, jointly tried for a number of drug trafficking and related charges, argued that the delay in their case was unreasonable. While both the Crown and Defence agreed at trial that the delay was over the…

  • W.W. v. His Majesty the King

    September 22, 2026 · 56 min

    Despite the fact that the trial judge found that the appellant sent sexually explicit material to a minor, the trial judge was left in doubt as to whether (a) the identity of the appellant was made out on the video as an element of the…

  • His Majesty the King v. Dylon Saddleback

    September 15, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min

    Dylan Saddleback was convicted of second-degree murder in a judge alone trial. What was at issue on appeal was the trial judge’s use of statements made by the deceased during a phone call to a 3rd party, who testified at trial…

  • S.A. v. His Majesty the King

    February 5, 2026 · 42 min

    S.A.’s trial for the charges of assault and sexual assault, was scheduled to commence on April 17, 2023. He elected to be tried by judge and jury. On the trial date, a judge was unavailable to preside, so the trial did not commence. A…

  • J.W. v. His Majesty the King

    January 28, 2026 · 2 hr 45 min

    The appellant, an Indigenous man with significant cognitive difficulties, repeatedly sexually assaulted a worker at the group home where he resided. He remained in custody pending trial, including a period of detention in a psychiatric…

  • Buddy Ray Underwood v. His Majesty the King

    January 22, 2026 · 54 min

    After judge alone trial, the appellant, Buddy Ray Underwood, was convicted of robbery, kidnapping, unlawful confinement and murder. The trial judge acquitted the appellant of first degree murder but entered a conviction for the included…

  • R.A. v. His Majesty the King

    January 14, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    The central issue in this case is whether or not the appellant committed an assault in 1978, under s. 244 of the Criminal Code as it then was. R.A. had confessed to police that when he was babysitting the complainant, who was 5 years old…