Peck and Company Wins Landmark SCC Decision on Unreasonable Delay; R. v. Jordan

Eric V. Gottardi and Tony C. Paisana successfully represented Mr. Barrett Jordan in his application for unreasonable delay at the Supreme Court of Canada. The resulting landmark decision of R. v. Jordan, 2016 SCC 27 rewrote the laws surrounding unreasonable delay, overturning the previous cases of R. v. Morin and R. v. Askov. This case protects the rights of all accused to access justice in a reasonable time.

Link to the full decision: https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/16057/index.do

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