by Pawel Milczarek | Mar 2, 2024 | Charter 11(b), Charter s.8, Credibility, Defence Reasonably Available, Manner of Execution, Motive to Fabricate, Warrants
This week’s top three summaries: R v Harper, 2024 ONSC 925: s.8 #dynamic entry, R v Walters, 2024 ONSC 978: family law #collusion, and R v Brosseau, 2024 ABKB 106: s.11(b) perpetual #availability. Our firm focuses on representation in complex criminal trials and...
by yycadmin | Nov 18, 2023 | Appeals, Credibility, Hearsay, Implausible Recklessness, The Principled Exception, Third Party Records
This week’s top three summaries: R v Cervini, 2023 ONCJ 469: #hearsay police notes, R v Lowry, 2023 BCCA 399: 3rd party #records for appeal, and R v JP, 2023 ONSC 6002: s.151 implausibly #reckless. R v Cervini, 2023 ONCJ 469 [October 23, 2023] Principled...
by Pawel Milczarek | Jul 29, 2023 | Charter s.8, Credibility, Inadvertent Tainting, Reasonable Expectation of Privacy, Self-Defence
This week’s top three summaries: R v Walker, 2023 ABKB 341: #self-defence v police, R v Louie, 2023 ABKB 352: s.8 Apt CCTV, and R v Richer, 2023 ONSC 3158: #inadvertent tainting. This week’s top case deals with an unusual type of Charter remedy:...
by Pawel Milczarek | Jul 1, 2023 | Accused - Irrelevant Factors, Credibility, Dangerous Offender, Evidence, Prior Consistent Statements, Sentencing
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 R v Sohal, 2023 BCCA 256: DO standard of high #likelihood. This week’s top case deals with the judicial...
by Pawel Milczarek | Jun 3, 2023 | Absence of Motive to Fabricate, Accused Election, Credibility, Fraud, Fundamental Concepts
This week’s top three summaries: R v Kitch, 2023 NSCA 33: #fraud elements and reasons, R v RW, 2023 ONCA 250: IAC and #re-election, and R v Taher, 2023 ONSC 1568: #motive to fabricate. This week’s top case deals with the elements of fraud and required...
by Pawel Milczarek | Oct 8, 2022 | Attempted Murder, Credibility, Functus Officio, Fundamental Concepts, Stereotypes of Human Behaviour
This week’s top three summaries: R v DEA, 2022 ABCA 308: functus and #sentencing, R v Weng, 2022 BCCA 332: mens rea attempt #murder, and R v MJ, 2022 SKCA 106: #stereotypes and credibility. This week’s top cases deals with sentencing. For great general...
