Changes to the jury selection process in 2019 to remove the ability to challenge jurors peremptorily have significantly increased the number of individuals seeking to challenge jurors for cause. The Challenge for Cause process requires an application by the accused, supported by evidence. This presentation equips you with the factors which you should be live to when considering the selection of your jury, precedents for applications and supporting affidavits, and pointers about how to draft questions to best support elimination of problematic jurors.
This on-demand program was originally presented as an in-person program titled Criminal Law Essentials on April 10, 2026. Total running time is 50 minutes.
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Co-Chairs
Justice R. Paul Belzil, Court of King’s Bench of Alberta
Justice Nicholas Devlin, Court of King’s Bench of Alberta
Presenter
Kathryn Quinlan, Dawson Duckett Garcia & Johnson