Guindon - SCC grants leave to appeal professionals' penalty decision

The Supreme Court has given leave to appeal the Federal Court of Appeal's decision in Guindon (discussed in a previous post), which reopens the question of whether large administrative penalties have a criminal aspect.

Scott Armstrong.  See current summaries of Guindon v. The Queen, 2013 FCA 153, under ss. 163.2(5), 220(3.1) and Charter ss. 11 and 12.