R. v. Nixon, the Repudiation of Plea Agreements and the Prosecution of Competition Offences: "It Ain't Over Till Its Over"
The Marker, Canadian Bar Association's Criminal Matters Committee of the CBA National Law Competition Section
October 2011
Huy Do and Antonio Di Domenico co-authored an article outlining the circumstances of the
R. v. Nixon decision and discussing the Supreme Court's analysis, with a focus on the issues of prosecutorial discretion and the evolution and present state of the abuse of process doctrine and the
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the "Charter"). It concludes with an analysis of the implications of
Nixon for competition matters.