Understanding the Extreme Intoxication Defence

Earlier this year, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that a defence of 'extreme intoxication' could be used by defendants in criminal cases that were previously not allowed, such as sexual assault and domestic violence. 

Because there have been many questions and much concern about this change, particularly for women,  we wanted to share a new resource from the Western University Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children that does a really good job of explaining these changes and what they mean going forward.

Click the link above to read the brief, or download the short PDF here.