CRIMINAL LAW - SUPREME COURT OF CANADA - ISSUE: Right to be tried within a reasonable delay (section 11b of the Charter) and the new framework established by the Supreme Court of Canada.
Issue: How should the custody and access rights to the children be established? Decision: The Court must evaluate the modalities of child custody to be awarded in function of the criteria established by the Court of Appeal, some of which are: the stability of the child; the capacity of the parents to communicate and the absence of conflicts.