17 02, 2024

The Defence Toolkit – February 17, 2024: “Crown onus”

By |2024-02-17T10:52:25-07:00February 17th, 2024|Fundamental Concepts, NCRMD, Onus on a Defence, Possession|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Refaeh, 2024 ONSC 755: #onus on driving offence, R v Ozipko, 2024 SKCA 9: NCR #release, [...]

27 01, 2024

The Defence Toolkit – January 26, 2024 “Extrinsic Evidence”

By |2024-01-27T08:59:56-07:00January 27th, 2024|Evidence, Judicial Notice, Possession, Prior Consistent Statements|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v R.M., 2023 BCCA 455: judicial #notice, R v S.C., 2023 ONCA 832: prior #consistent stmt, and [...]

28 10, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – October 28, 2023: “An Inferential Gap”

By |2023-10-28T10:30:19-06:00October 28th, 2023|Defences, Evidence, NCRMD, Possession, Similar Fact|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v  Jackson, 2023 ONSC 5707: #knowledge & possession, R v Shylga, 2023 ABKB 583: #NCRMD, and R [...]

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 [...]

11 03, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – March 11, 2023

By |2023-03-11T08:42:54-07:00March 11th, 2023|Charter s.8, Circumstantial Identification Evidence, Possession, Search by Presence during Private Conversation|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v SS, 2023 ONCA 130: s.8 REP in #ambulance, R v Metzger, 2023 SCC 5: #circumstantial ID, and R v Brar, [...]

17 09, 2022

The Defence Toolkit – Sept 17, 2022

By |2023-02-14T04:38:55-07:00September 17th, 2022|Circumstantial Evidence, Defence Vukelich, Possession, Procedure, Res Judicata|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Ames, 2022 ONSC 5039: #possession and stmt, R v JC, 2022 ONSC 4991: res judicata, and R v Biring, 2022 [...]

28 05, 2022

The Defence Toolkit – May 28, 2022

By |2023-02-14T03:51:56-07:00May 28th, 2022|Charter 11(b), Circumstantial Evidence, Evidence, Exceptional Circumstances, Experts, Possession|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Satkunananthan, 2022 ONCA 393: PPT #expert, R v Mbuyama, 2022 ONSC 2491: #circumstantial ev and gun possession, and R v [...]

11 12, 2021

The Defence Toolkit – December 11, 2021

By |2021-12-11T11:18:54-07:00December 11th, 2021|Air of Reality, Eye-Witness Identification, Possession, Self-Defence, The W(D) Instruction|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Effert 2021 ABCA 388: #self-defence, R v Alvarez, 2021 ONCA 851: #eye-witness ID, and R v Godelia, 2021 ONSC 7464: [...]

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