The annual festivities surrounding 4/20 served as a reminder of both the developments in relation to the legalization of marijuana and the many issues which remain to be addressed.

A new lawyer has joined Pender Litigation - meet Catherine Rose.

In a powerful decision the Court of Appeal has dismissed the Crown's appeal from the decision of Madam Justice Bruce staying proceedings against John Nuttall and Amanda Korody on the basis that they were entrapped as part of an undercover RCMP operation. The case began when the pair were arrested on July 1, 2013 and has proceeded through a jury trial and entrapment hearing in Supreme Court. That was followed by a 3-day appeal hearing in January 2018.