Criminal Law Lesson Plans
Arrest
- Arrest Lesson Plan
- R. v. Grant – arbitrary detention
- R. v. Suberu – detention and right to counsel
Bail
Criminal Offences
- Criminal Offences Lesson Plan
- R. v. Jarvis – expectation of privacy
- Criminal Offences Quiz
- Criminal Offences Quiz Answer Key
Criminal Records
Parole
Record Suspensions
Search and Seizure
- Search and Seizure Lesson Plan
- R. v. Cornell – search and seizure – private residence
- R. v. Fearon – search and seizure – cellphones
Sentencing
- Sentencing Lesson Plan
- R. v. Suter – aggravating/mitigating factors
- Sentencing Quiz
- Sentencing Quiz Answer Key
Trials
- Trials Lesson Plan
- R. v. Jordan – right to be tried within a reasonable time
Additional Criminal Law Case Summaries
Please note that while some of these cases are a few years old, they contain legal principles that are still cited by lower courts across Canada.
- R. v. Loewen – search of motor vehicle
- R. v. Tse – emergency wiretaps
- R. v. Tran – provocation defence
- R. v. Ryan – duress defence
- R. v. St-Onge Lamoureaux – driving over .08
- R. v. Boudreault – care and control of motor vehicle
- R. v. Mabior – aggravated sexual assault – HIV disclosure
- R. v. Hart – “Mr. Big” operations
Family Law Lesson Plans
We would like to thank the Department of Justice Canada, Supporting Families Fund, for funding our Family Law Lesson Plans.
We would also like to thank Candray Mehkary of the Family Law Section, Legal Services Branch, Manitoba Justice, for reviewing the lesson plans.
Separation
Divorce
Custody and Access
- Lesson Plan
- Legislation
- Quiz
- Quiz Answer Key
- Haberman Case
- Haberman Answer Key
- Gordon v. Goertz
- Extended Family Access
Child Support
- Lesson Plan
- Legislation
- Parsons Case
- Calculating Child Support
- Answer Key Calculating Child Support
- Mediation
- Quiz
- Quiz Answer Key
Spousal Support
Enforcing Court Orders
- Lesson Plan
- Legislation
- Scott v. Bilan
- Singh v. Pierpont
- Fill in the Blanks
- Fill in the Blanks Answer Key
Family Law Lesson Plans Survey
French Lesson Plans
We would also like to thank Caroline Pellerin for translating the lesson plan.