by Pawel Milczarek | Jul 5, 2025 | Charter s.9, Circumstantial Identification Evidence, Witness Reliability
This week’s top three summaries: R v Singh, 2025 ONCA 460: #omissions and #flashbacks, R v OW, 2025 ONSC 2922: #exclusive opportunity ID, R v Grant and Scott, 2025 ONSC 3513: s.9 #grounds for arrest R v Singh, 2025 ONCA 460 [June 25, 2025] Reliability: Omissions...
by Pawel Milczarek | Jun 28, 2025 | Charter 11(b), Experts, Hearsay, Sentencing Principles
This week’s top three summaries: R v Willier, 2025 ABKB 370: Ares v Venner #Expert Evidence, R v Zabihullah, 2025 SKCA 64: 11(b) particular #complexity, R v Moazami, 2025 BCCA 189: trial #aggravating sentence R v Willier, 2025 ABKB 370 [June 18, 2025] The Common...
by Pawel Milczarek | Jun 21, 2025 | Opinion Evidence, Sentencing Principles, Sexual History s 276
This week’s top three summaries: R v Kinamore, 2025 SCC 19: Crown s.276 and #sexual inactivity, R v Chiarelli, 2025 ONCA 428: lay #trafficking opinion, R v Attachie, 2025 BCCA 183: Nahanee and GP #mitigation R v Kinamore, 2025 SCC 19 [June 13, 2025] Sexual...
by Pawel Milczarek | Jun 14, 2025 | Charter 10(b), Charter s.7, Disclosure, Experts
This week’s top three summaries: R v Whitby, 2025 SKCA 55: #expert evidence, R v Herman-Ward, 2025 ABCJ 101:s.10(b) #perfunctory, R v McQuarrie, 2025 ONSC 2955: #prisoner disclosure R v Whitby, 2025 SKCA 55 [June 6, 2025] Expert Evidence Admissibility: Testing...
by Pawel Milczarek | May 31, 2025 | Charter 10(b), Pre-Trial Custody
This week’s top three summaries: R v JW, 2025 SCC 16: pre-trial #custody, R v Folk, 2025 ONSC 3052:s.10(b) #choice, R v SC, 2025 ONSC 1887: s.8 YO strip #search R v JW, 2025 SCC 16 [May 23, 2025] Pre-Trial Custody Credit: Wrongful Actions Causing no Enhanced...