by Pawel Milczarek | Mar 15, 2025 | Charter s.14 - Interpretation Rights, Overturning a Guilty Plea, Sentencing Principles
This week’s top three summaries: R v Chen, 2025 ONCA 135: s.14 #interpreter, R v Nettleton, 2025 ONCA 155, GP and #arraignment, #penitentiary, R v Roshuk-Finch, 2025 ABCA 85: #step principle R v Chen, 2025 ONCA 168 [March 6, 2025] Charter s.14 – The Right...
by Pawel Milczarek | Mar 8, 2025 | Provocation, Self-Defence, Voluntariness
This week’s top three summaries: R v Ordonio, 2025 ONCA 135: s.8 #voluntariness & time, R v Deverze, self #defence and weapon and R v Hallman, 2025 ONCA 123: #provocation R v Ordonio, 2025 ONCA 135 [February 25, 2025] Voluntariness: Length of the...
by Pawel Milczarek | Mar 1, 2025 | Charter s.8, Charter s.9, Hearsay, The Principled Exception, Warrants
This week’s top three summaries: R v Payne, 2025 NSCA 10: s.8 #warrant review, R v Ozeir, s.9 individual #grounds and R v Trepanier, 2025 ONSC 1200: #principled exception R v Payne, 2025 NSCA 11 [February 20, 2025] Charter s.8: Search Warrant Review:...
by Pawel Milczarek | Feb 22, 2025 | Charter s.8, Insufficient Reasons, Parole Ineligibility, Safety Search, Sentencing
This week’s top three summaries: R v Sheepway, 2025 YKCA 1: #parole & pre-trial custody, R v Khamvongsa, 2025 ABCA 43: #inconsistencies and R v Wendt and Ferri, 2025 ONSC 812: s.8 home #safety search R v Sheepway, 2025 YKCA 1 [February 11, 2025] Harsh...
by Pawel Milczarek | Feb 15, 2025 | Charter s.8, Charter s24(2), Consent, Dangerous Offender, Honest but Mistaken Belief in Consent for Sex
This week’s top three summaries: R v T.S., 2025 BCCA 25: #consent & role play, R v Khamvongsa, 2025 BCCA 33: 24(2) on s.8 breach and R v Stevenson, 2025 SKCA 13: DO #sentencing R v T.S., 2025 BCCA 25 [January 31, 2025] Sexual Assault: Role Play and Consent...