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National Judicial Institute
June 9 2022 - June 10 2022

New Brunswick Education Seminar: St. Andrews Lectures 2022 XV

This program brought together judges from the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, the Court of King's Bench of New Brunswick, and the Provincial Court of New Brunswick. It focused on important criminal law updates, with an emphasis on sexual assault matters.

Number of Participants: 33

Overview

This program brought together judges from the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, the Court of King's Bench of New Brunswick, and the Provincial Court of New Brunswick. It focused on important criminal law updates, with an emphasis on sexual assault matters. Concurrent sessions were offered for judges within the family division.

Objective

The objectives of this seminar were to provide the judicial participants with important and evolving updates to the laws of evidence and procedure involving sexual assault. The concurrent sessions endeavored to provide members of the family division with useful updates on family support matters, as well as useful tools to better understand the DivorceMate software.

Summary

Led by academics, experienced legal counsel, and members of the judiciary, through the use of lectures and interactive activities, this program included sessions on the mechanics of a section 276 application, records in the possession of the defence, and the admissibility of post-offence conduct evidence. The concurrent family law session provided important jurisprudential updates with respect to support and a live demonstration of DivorceMate.