23 03, 2024

The Defence Toolkit – March 23, 2024: Guns Exclusion on Rights to Counsel

By |2024-03-23T10:49:49-06:00March 23rd, 2024|Accused Testimony - Bare Denial, Charter s24(2), Collusion, Credibility, Juries, Jury Charge - Isolating Evidence, s.10(b) Violation|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Whittaker, 2024 ONCA 182: 24(2) on rights to #counsel, R v RI, 2024 ONCA 185: bare [...]

16 03, 2024

The Defence Toolkit – March 16, 2024: “Common Sense Assumptions”

By |2024-03-16T10:10:32-06:00March 16th, 2024|Common Sense Assumptions, Credibility, Sexual Assault, Sexual History s 276|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Krak, 2024 SSC 7: #common sense, R v Ali, 2024 ONSC 1356: s276 #inconsistencies, and R [...]

2 03, 2024

The Defence Toolkit – March 2, 2024 “Assumptions about Dealers”

By |2024-03-02T10:19:47-07:00March 2nd, 2024|Charter 11(b), Charter s.8, Credibility, Defence Reasonably Available, Manner of Execution, Motive to Fabricate, Warrants|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Harper, 2024 ONSC 925: s.8 #dynamic entry, R v Walters, 2024 ONSC 978: family law #collusion, [...]

18 11, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – November 18, 2023

By |2023-11-18T09:21:20-07:00November 18th, 2023|Appeals, Credibility, Hearsay, Implausible Recklessness, The Principled Exception, Third Party Records|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v  Cervini, 2023 ONCJ 469: #hearsay police notes, R v Lowry, 2023 BCCA 399: 3rd party #records [...]

29 07, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – July 29, 2023: “The Right to be a Nuissance”

By |2023-07-29T08:07:22-06:00July 29th, 2023|Charter s.8, Credibility, Inadvertent Tainting, Reasonable Expectation of Privacy, Self-Defence|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Walker, 2023 ABKB 341: #self-defence v police, R v Louie, 2023 ABKB 352: s.8 Apt CCTV, [...]

1 07, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – July 1, 2023 “Obviously motivated by self-interest.”

By |2023-07-01T08:49:32-06:00July 1st, 2023|Accused - Irrelevant Factors, Credibility, Dangerous Offender, Evidence, Prior Consistent Statements, Sentencing|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Thompson, 2023 SKCA 66: #credibility of accused, R v Freedland, 2023 ONCA 386: prior consistent #statements, and [...]

3 06, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – June 3, 2023 – “Breach of Policy or Fraud?”

By |2023-06-03T07:30:37-06:00June 3rd, 2023|Absence of Motive to Fabricate, Accused Election, Credibility, Fraud, Fundamental Concepts|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Kitch, 2023 NSCA 33: #fraud elements and reasons, R v RW, 2023 ONCA 250: IAC and #re-election, [...]

15 04, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – April 15, 2023

By |2023-04-15T10:19:57-06:00April 15th, 2023|Circumstantial Identification Evidence, Possession, Stereotypes of Human Behaviour, Uncategorized|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Spicer, 2023 ONCA 232: not #stereotyping, R v Blatchford, 2023 ABKB 193: circumstantial #ID, and R v Zamora, 2023 ONSC [...]

8 10, 2022

The Defence Toolkit – October 8, 2022

By |2023-02-14T04:36:25-07:00October 8th, 2022|Attempted Murder, Credibility, Functus Officio, Fundamental Concepts, Stereotypes of Human Behaviour|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v DEA, 2022 ABCA 308: functus and #sentencing, R v Weng, 2022 BCCA 332: mens rea attempt #murder, and R v [...]

16 04, 2022

The Defence Toolkit – April 16, 2022

By |2023-02-14T03:45:38-07:00April 16th, 2022|Credibility, Cross-Examination, Defence of Property, Procedure, Victim Supporters|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v A.S., 2022 SKQB 60: #mistrial for BACA bikers, R v N.G., 2022 ONSC 1875: #credibility & a missing nose, [...]

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