2 09, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – September 2, 2023

By |2023-09-02T10:24:31-06:00September 2nd, 2023|Appeals, Charter s.12, Consent, Mandatory Minimum, Memory Gaps, Misapprehension of Evidence, Sexual Assault|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v  J.G., 2023 SKCA 92: #contrary evidence, R v Gargan, 2023 NWTCA 5: s.151 min sentence, and [...]

4 02, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – February 4, 2023

By |2023-02-04T11:21:41-07:00February 4th, 2023|Accused's Right to Address Issues of Importance to Trial Judge, Appeal Custody, Charter s.12, Fundamental Concepts, Mandatory Minimum, Sentencing|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Hills, 2023 SCC 2: s12 #cruel and unusual, R v MV, 2023 ONCA 739: 1.5 to 1 on #prison [...]

4 06, 2022

The Defence Toolkit – June 4, 2022

By |2023-02-14T03:55:59-07:00June 4th, 2022|Car Search - Cannabis Act, Charter s.12, Charter s.7, Charter s.8, Disclosure, Examination of Exhibits for Smell, Late Disclosure, Lost Disclosure, Rehabilitation, Sentencing|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Bissonnette, 2022 SCC 23: s.12 #rehabilitation and punishment, R v Peterson, 2022 ABQB 365: destroyed #evidence, and R v Grant, [...]

12 02, 2022

The Defence Toolkit – February 12, 2022

By |2022-02-12T09:13:28-07:00February 12th, 2022|Charter s.12, Credibility, Mandatory Minimum, Sexual Assault, Sexual History s 276, Stereotypes of Human Behaviour|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v BG, 2022 ONCA 92: #stereotypes & credibility, R v Santillana, 2022 ABQB 108: #Crown Seaboyer lost, and R v Penner, [...]

16 01, 2021

The Defence Toolkit – January 16, 2021

By |2021-01-16T10:39:52-07:00January 16th, 2021|Charter s.12, CSO for Serious Offence, Fentanyl Trafficking, Mandatory Minimum, Narrative Exception|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Eisnor, 2020 ABCA 459: #narrative error, R v Gerbrandt, 2020 ABPC 261: mandatory min making child porn available  #unconstitutional [...]

7 04, 2019

The Defence Toolkit – April 7, 2019

By |2019-04-07T10:20:56-06:00April 7th, 2019|Administrative Segregation, Charter s.12, Defences, Hearing Inadmissible Evidence, Juries, Self-Defence|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Anderson, 2019 SKCA 27, Canadian Civil Liberties Association v Canada (Attorney General), 2019 ONCA 243, and R v Wang, 2019 [...]

19 01, 2019

The Defence Toolkit – January 19, 2019

By |2019-01-28T10:37:56-07:00January 19th, 2019|Appeals, Charter s.12, Charter s.7, Disclosure, Enhanced Credit, Late Disclosure, Miscarriage of Justice, Remedies, Sentencing|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries include: R v Prystay, 2019 ABQB 8, R v Ostrowski, 2018 MBCA 331, R v Jiang, 2018 ONCA 1081. [...]

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