by Pawel Milczarek | Jul 4, 2026 | Admissions, Disclosure, Police Officers, Possession
This week’s top three summaries: Edmonton (PS) v McKee, 2026 SCC 24: #discipline disclosure, R v Brennan, 2026 ONCA 459: circumstantial #possession, R v Sandhu, 2026 BCCA 268: #admissions and circular reasoning Edmonton (Police Service) v McKee, 2026 SCC 24...
by Pawel Milczarek | Jul 19, 2025 | Admissions, Charter s24(1) Remedy, Probative v Prejudicial, Review of Crown Discretion
This week’s top three summaries: R v Varennes, 2025 SCC 22: #Crown discretion review, R v JN, 2025 ONSC 4041: #bad character, R v AC, 2025 ONSC 3892: #admissions explanation R v Varennes, 2025 SCC 22 [July 11, 2025] Review of Crown Discretion: Charter 24(1),...
by Pawel Milczarek | Jan 21, 2023 | Admissions, After the Fact Conduct, Circumstantial Identification Evidence, Gladue - Mitigation
This week’s top three summaries: R v Merrit, 2023 ONCA 3: #partial stmt and #after the fact, R v Kehoe, 2023 BCCA 2: Gladue #disconnection, and R v Strongeagle, 2023 ABCA 5: #circumstantial ID. This week’s top case deals with statement admissibility...
by Pawel Milczarek | Oct 2, 2021 | Admissions, Choice of Counsel, Consent for Search
This week’s top three summaries: R v Robertson, 2021 SKCA 125: #admissions by Crown, R v Dickson, 2021 ONSC 6374: s.10(b) can’t remember #lawyer, and R v Mykat, 2021 ABPC 227: s.8 dwelling arrest #consent. R v Robertson, 2021 SKCA 125 [September 22, 2021] Crown...
