What are the implications of the doctrine of judicial comity and the presumption against retrospectivity?
New Brunswick, Canada
The following excerpt is from R v LeBlanc, 2019 NBQB 241 (CanLII):
The doctrine of judicial comity aside, I agree with R v. Raymond, supra, for reasons to be given. And, there is a related reason for my conclusion that the ‘presumption against retrospectivity’ has not been rebutted. This will be addressed as well. A. Substantive Rights “Affected”
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