by Pawel Milczarek | Feb 28, 2026 | Accused Out of Court Statements - NCR, Disclosure, In-Court Identification, Trust Relationships
This week’s top three summaries: R v Benn, 2026 ABCA 14: #video ID and DNA, R v Kipusi, 2026 ONCA 86: s.7 #disclosure NCR, R v JB, 2026 ONCA 44: #trust relationships R v Benn, 2026 ABCA 14 [January 19, 2026] Identification: Dangers of Video Review by Judges and...
by Pawel Milczarek | Jun 14, 2025 | Charter 10(b), Charter s.7, Disclosure, Experts
This week’s top three summaries: R v Whitby, 2025 SKCA 55: #expert evidence, R v Herman-Ward, 2025 ABCJ 101:s.10(b) #perfunctory, R v McQuarrie, 2025 ONSC 2955: #prisoner disclosure R v Whitby, 2025 SKCA 55 [June 6, 2025] Expert Evidence Admissibility: Testing...
by Pawel Milczarek | Feb 1, 2025 | Disclosure, Similar Fact, The Principled Exception
This week’s top three summaries: R v Haley, 2025 ONSC 265: s.7 #disclosure, R v AV, 2025 ONSC 57: #similar fact, and R v Lemay-Storms, 2025 ABKB 39: #principled exception R v Haley, 2025 ONSC 265 [January 16, 2025] Charter s.7: Past Complainant Violence Video...
by yycadmin | Dec 2, 2023 | Appeals, Charter s.8, Disclosure, Fresh Evidence, Implied Licence to Knock, Third Party Suspect
This week’s top three summaries: R v Singer, 2023 SKCA 123: s.8 car in #driveway, R v Lowry, 2023 BCCA 5: 3rd party fresh #evidence, and R v Edwards, 2023 ONSC 6573: 3rd party #suspect disclosure. R v Singer, 2023 SKCA 123 [November 15, 2023] Charter s.8...
by Pawel Milczarek | Jun 10, 2023 | CSO for Serious Offence, Disclosure, Gladue - Mitigation, Sentencing, Witness Protection Program
This week’s top three summaries: R v Rabbit, 2023 ABCA 170: #gladue reduction, R v TJH 2023 YKCA 2: #CSO for s.151, and R v Gabad, 2023 ABKB 267: s.7 #witness protection records. This week’s top two cases deal with sentencing issues. For great general...
by Pawel Milczarek | Apr 22, 2023 | Charter s.7, Charter s.9, Disclosure, Miscarriage of Justice, Overturning a Guilty Plea, Racialized Minorities, Refusal
This week’s top three summaries: R v Bouvette, 2023 BCCA 152: #disclosure and appeals, R v Breault, 2023 SCC 9: #refusal and ASD, and R v Gala-Nyam, 2023 ONSC 2241: #racialprofiling This week’s top case deals with expert evidence and disclosure...
