About Pawel Milczarek

Pawel is a partner at Sitar & Milczarek. When he's not litigating he writes the Defence Toolkit blog.
25 11, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – November 25, 2023

By |2023-11-25T09:37:47-07:00November 25th, 2023|Appeals, Hearsay, Narrative Exception, Offences, Possession of Stolen Property|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v  K.C., 2023 BCCA 411: prior #consistent stmt, R v Marrone, 2023 ONCA 742: apprehension of #bias, [...]

18 11, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – November 18, 2023

By |2023-11-18T09:21:20-07:00November 18th, 2023|Appeals, Credibility, Hearsay, Implausible Recklessness, The Principled Exception, Third Party Records|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v  Cervini, 2023 ONCJ 469: #hearsay police notes, R v Lowry, 2023 BCCA 399: 3rd party #records [...]

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 [...]

21 10, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – October 21, 2023

By |2023-10-21T10:11:58-06:00October 21st, 2023|Charter 10(b), Charter s.7, Charter s.8, Charter s.9, Reasonable Grounds, Search Incident to Arrest, Use of Civil Judgment, Without Delay|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v  Gallant, 2023 BCSC 1786: s.9/8 grounds - drug #pipe, R v Brazeau, 2023 ABCJ 211: s.7 [...]

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, [...]

7 10, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – October 7, 2023

By |2023-10-07T08:59:10-06:00October 7th, 2023|Appeals, Contact Prohibitions, Ineffective Assistance, Insufficient Reasons, Sentencing|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v  DG, 2023 ONCA 588: reconciling #credibility findings, R v Brick, 2023 SKCA 107: #judging own client, [...]

30 09, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – September 30, 2023 – “Ex Parte”

By |2023-09-30T09:50:01-06:00September 30th, 2023|715.1 Video Evidence, Joint Submissions, Presence at Trial s.650, Procedure, Sentencing|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v  MC, 2023 ONCA 611: right to #present, R v JDC, 2023 ABCA 255: s.715.1 #memory, and [...]

23 09, 2023

The Defence Toolkit – Sept 23, 2023 “The Good Samaritan”

By |2023-09-23T08:50:38-06:00September 23rd, 2023|Accused Exculpatory Testimony - Fabrication, Charter s.8, Charter s.9, Evidence, Good Samaritan, Reasonable Suspicion, The W(D) Instruction|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v  Wilson, 2023 SKCA 106: good #Samaritan, R v Sabiston, 2023 SKCA 105: #suspicion + test what?, [...]

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: [...]

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