20 04, 2024

The Defence Toolkit – April 20, 2024: Blackout

By |2024-04-20T09:10:08-06:00April 20th, 2024|Appeals, Capacity to Consent, External Facts and Credibility, Sexual Assault, Standard of Review - Sentencing|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Green, 2024 ABCA 118: #blackout and sex, R v TH, 2024 BCCA 123: CSO and appeal [...]

9 12, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – December 9, 2023: The state cannot benefit from illegal police acts

By |2023-12-09T10:30:10-07:00December 9th, 2023|Accused's Credibility - Right to Disclosure and Presence at Trial, Capacity to Consent, Charter s.8, Fundamental Concepts, Non-Warrant Excision, Sexual Assault|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v  Zacharias, 2023 SCC 30: s.8 non-warrant #excision, R v Haidary, 2023 ONCA 786: #tailoring evidence, and [...]

14 10, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – October 14, 2023: “choices they would not have made when sober”

By |2023-10-14T10:05:17-06:00October 14th, 2023|Capacity to Consent, Memory Gaps, Possession of Stolen Property, Res Gestae, Sexual Assault|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v  Demong, 2023 SKCA 109: s.271 #blackout & intoxication, R v Westcott, 2023 ABCJ 205: res gestae, [...]

16 09, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – September 16, 2023 “No Memory of What Happened”

By |2023-09-16T07:09:29-06:00September 16th, 2023|Capacity to Consent, RPG Evidence in Place, Sexual Assault, SOIRA Exemption, Warrants|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v  Owston, 2023 SKCA 101: s.271 #capacity for consent, R v Hess and Profetto, 2023 ONSC 3065: [...]

29 05, 2021

The Defence Toolkit – May 29, 2021

By |2023-02-14T03:38:29-07:00May 29th, 2021|Capacity to Consent, Certificate of Analyst, Evidence, Experts, Fundamental Concepts, Impaired Operation, Judicial Comity, Sexual Assault|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Goldson, 2021 ABCA 193: #DUI #Over80 analyst certificates, R v AM, 2021 ONSC 3515: #sexual assault: #reasons and toxicologists [...]

23 05, 2020

The Defence Toolkit – May 23, 2020

By |2020-05-23T08:43:54-06:00May 23rd, 2020|Capacity to Consent, Charter s.7, Disclosure, Fraud, Lost Disclosure, Offences, Sexual Assault|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Kwon, 2020 SKCA 56, R v Charpentier, 2020 ONSC 2947, and R v Natkunaraajah 2020 ONCJ 247. [...]

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