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 [...]

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 [...]

6 02, 2021

The Defence Toolkit – February 6, 2021

By |2021-02-06T13:06:47-07:00February 6th, 2021|Evidence, Hearsay, Mr. Big Evidence, Narrative Exception, Prior Consistent Statements, Veracity of Other Witnesses|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v NP, 2021 BCCA 25: #narrative and prior #consistent stmt, R v Bernier, 2021 ABCA 27: accused #interview and other's [...]

30 01, 2021

The Defence Toolkit – January 30, 2021

By |2021-02-15T12:39:27-07:00January 30th, 2021|Bad Character Evidence, Charter s.8, Evidence, Prior Consistent Statements, Probative v Prejudicial, Strip Search|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Nelson, 2021 NSCA 11: prior #consistent statements, R v Settle, 2021 ABQB 40: prior #bad #character, and R v Paterson, [...]

24 08, 2019

The Defence Toolkit – August 24, 2019

By |2019-08-24T08:13:04-06:00August 24th, 2019|Appeals, Brown v Dunn, Charter s.8, Evidence, Failure to Draft Step, Fundamental Concepts, Mens Reas Co-existence, Prior Consistent Statements, Uneven Scrutiny, Warrants|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Shevalev, 2019 BCCA 296, R v Moyles, 2019 SKCA 72, and R v Willis, 2019 NSCA 64. [...]

7 07, 2019

The Defence Toolkit – July 7, 2019

By |2019-07-07T08:57:07-06:00July 7th, 2019|Charter 11(b), Evidence, Exceptional Circumstances, Offences, Prior Consistent Statements, Sexual Assault|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v GF, 2019 ONCA 493, R v King, 2019 ABQB 467, and R v DC, 2019 ONCA 442. [...]

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