20 01, 2024

The Defence Toolkit – January 20, 2024 “Off-the-Record Conversations”

By |2024-01-20T09:37:38-07:00January 20th, 2024|Experts, Opinion Evidence, Police Drug Experts, Reasonable Apprehension of Bias|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v  KJMJ, 2023 NSCA 84: #bias, R v Moreira, 2023 ONCA 807: lay #opinion, and R v [...]

9 10, 2021

The Defence Toolkit – October 9, 2021

By |2021-10-09T10:20:52-06:00October 9th, 2021|BAC Expert, Charter s24(2), Connection of Evidence to Violation, Procedural Defences, Underlying Assumptions, Want of Prosecution|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Kehler, 2021 MBQB 198: BAC #expert assumptions, R v Brown, 2021 ONSC 6612: #Charter violations after offence, and R v [...]

28 11, 2020

The Defence Toolkit – November 28, 2020

By |2020-11-28T12:59:05-07:00November 28th, 2020|Anecdotal Evidence, Bad Character Evidence, Expert Evidence, Experts, Probative v Prejudicial|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Cook, 2020 ONCA 731: bad #character & #expert evidence, R v Bean, 2020 ABCA 409: ability to pay #restitution [...]

29 08, 2020

The Defence Toolkit – August 31, 2020

By |2020-08-29T11:16:14-06:00August 29th, 2020|Anecdotal Evidence, Charter 10(b), Charter s.9, Drug & Alcohol Interaction, Evidence, Expert Evidence, Experts, Impaired Operation, Offences, Ruse Traffic Stops, Without Delay|0 Comments

This week's top three #summaries: R v Liu, 2020 BCCA 235: anecdotal #expert #evidence, R v Young, 2020 BCSC 1201: #ruse stop, and [...]

29 06, 2019

The Defence Toolkit – June 29, 2019

By |2019-06-29T08:16:50-06:00June 29th, 2019|Circumstantial Evidence, Duty of Non-Partisanship, Evidence, Expert Evidence, Facts not Advanced by Defence, Self-Defence|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Fougere, 2019 ONCA 505, R v Donogue, 2019 ONCA 534, and R v Dupe, 2019 ONCJ 320. [...]

22 06, 2019

The Defence Toolkit – June 22, 2019

By |2019-06-22T08:44:14-06:00June 22nd, 2019|Accused's Prior Exculpatory Statements, Appeals, Evidence, Expert Evidence, Ineffective Assistance, Police Drug Experts|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Baksza, 2019 ABCA 237, R v AWH, 2019 NSCA 40, and R v Breau, 2019 NSSC 181. [...]

22 02, 2019

The Defence Toolkit – February 22, 2019

By |2019-02-22T05:47:46-07:00February 22nd, 2019|Calling Crown Witness as Expert, Charter s.7, Charter s.8, Defences, Expert Evidence, Non-Insane Automatism, Offences, Reasonable Expectation of Privacy, Right to Silence, Statutory Interpretation, Voyeurism|0 Comments

This week's top three summaries: R v Jarvis, 2019 SCC 10, R v Nield, 2019 BCCA 27, and R v Shergill, 2019 ONCJ 54. [...]

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