20 05, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – May 20, 2023 “When the Witness ran from Court”

By |2023-05-20T08:36:06-06:00May 20th, 2023|Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Fundamental Concepts, Hearsay, Murder Parole Eligibility Reduction, Necessity, The Principled Exception|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v LaChance, 2023 SKCA 48: #necessity and hearsay exp'n, R v Bruzzese, 2023 ONCA 300: absence of #forensics, [...]

5 11, 2022

The Defence Toolkit – November 5, 2022

By |2023-02-14T04:02:23-07:00November 5th, 2022|Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Charter s.7, Dangerous Offender, Juries, Jury Charge - Opining About Evidence, Overbreadth of Legislation, Sentencing|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Ndhlovu, 2022 SCC 38: #sex offender registry, R v Harris, 2022 ONCA 739: #absence of evidence, and R v KC, [...]

18 06, 2022

The Defence Toolkit – June 18, 2022

By |2023-02-14T03:54:48-07:00June 18th, 2022|Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Fundamental Concepts, Insufficient Reasons, Reasonable Apprehension of Bias, Uncategorized|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Cowan, 2022 ONCA 432: #bias, R v DMG, 2022 NSCA 42: Benefit of #doubt, and R v WDM, 2022 SKCA [...]

30 04, 2022

The Defence Toolkit – April 30, 2022

By |2022-04-30T10:23:50-06:00April 30th, 2022|Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Car Search - Cannabis Act, Charter s.7, Charter s.8, Charter s.9, Charter s24(2), Disclosure, Fundamental Concepts, Late Disclosure, Reasonable Grounds|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Subramaniam, 2022 BCCA 141: #proof of facts, R v Santos, 2022 SKCA 50: #experience & RPG, and R v Loutitt, [...]

5 04, 2020

The Defence Toolkit – April 5, 2020

By |2020-04-05T11:06:24-06:00April 5th, 2020|Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Charter s.7, Defences, Entrapment, Evidence, Fundamental Concepts, History of the Parties, Self-Defence, Similar Fact|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Darnley, 2020 ONCA 179, R v WM, 2020 ONCA 236, and R v Patterson, 2020 ONCJ 156. [...]

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