10 02, 2024

The Defence Toolkit – February 10, 2024: “Please knock before entry”

By |2024-02-10T08:26:16-07:00February 10th, 2024|Charter s.8, Dangerous Offender, No Knock, Sentencing, Sexual Assault, Sexual Purpose|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Russell, 2024 ONSC 529: s.8 no #knock, RTJ, R v TA, 2024 ONSC 528: #sexual purpose, [...]

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 [...]

11 02, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – February 11, 2023

By |2023-02-11T09:09:29-07:00February 11th, 2023|Charter 11(b), Dangerous Offender, Judges Comments Pre-Application, Sentencing, Youthful First Offender|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Runions, 2023 ABCA 29: #dangerous off'dr sentence, R v LL, 2023 ONCA 52: 11(b) #jurisdiction, and R v Crier, 2023 [...]

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, [...]

26 02, 2022

The Defence Toolkit – February 26, 2022

By |2023-02-14T03:28:05-07:00February 26th, 2022|Circumstantial Evidence, Dangerous Driving, Dangerous Offender, Lost Disclosure, Sentencing|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Janeiro, 2022 ONCA 118: #lost evidence, R v Lynch, 2022 ONCA 136: DO by #sexual impulse, and R v O'Neil, [...]

20 03, 2021

The Defence Toolkit – March 20, 2021

By |2021-03-20T10:47:43-06:00March 20th, 2021|Dangerous Offender, Evidence, Judicial Notice, Reverse Disclosure, Sentencing, Sexual Assault|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v JM, 2021 ONCA 150: #judicial notice, R v A.I., 2021 BCSC 1781: #ghomeshi amendments, and R v Bird, 2021 SKCA [...]

12 01, 2020

The Defence Toolkit – January 12, 2020

By |2020-01-12T12:39:09-07:00January 12th, 2020|Charter 10(b), Dangerous Offender, During Search Warrant Execution, Reverse Disclosure, Sentencing, Sexual Assault|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v McSweeney, 2020 ONCA 2, R v Starblanket, 2019 SKCA 130, and R v WM, 2019 ONSC [...]

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