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Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University

Journal

1978

Error of law

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State-Induced Error Of Law, Criminal Liability And Dunn V. The Queen: A Recent Non-Development In Criminal Law, Terence Arnold Feb 1978

State-Induced Error Of Law, Criminal Liability And Dunn V. The Queen: A Recent Non-Development In Criminal Law, Terence Arnold

Dalhousie Law Journal

Like other contributors to this Nova Scotia issue of the Law Journal I was asked to comment upon any interesting developments, whether in cases or legislation, that had occurred in a particular area of law, in my case criminal law, since the time of the last "round-up". 1 When I began I intended to do as I had been asked; and there were, indeed, a number of matters which I felt to be worthy of comment. 2 1 was waylaid, however. I came across a case in which the Appeal Division of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court took a position …


Recent Developments In Nova Scotian Administrative Law, David J. Mullan Feb 1978

Recent Developments In Nova Scotian Administrative Law, David J. Mullan

Dalhousie Law Journal

In 1976, in the first of these surveys, I dealt exclusively with Nova Scotia decisions involving the substantive grounds of judicial review - jurisdictional error, error of law on the face of the record and breach of the rules of natural justice.' Remedies were scarcely mentioned for the very good reason that in the period then under review there were few, if any cases, raising important remedial problems. Now, just over a year later, the situation is the reverse. Most of the interesting judicial review cases of the last eighteen months in Nova Scotia have been ones involving remedial problems. …