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The Defence Toolkit – April 19, 2025: s.10(b) – Just Dial the Number
This week's top three summaries: R v Tierney, 2025 ABKB 223: 10(b) SW #delay & overhold, R v Cardinal, 2025 ABCA 128: #principled exception, R v Davis, 2025 BCCA 113: #gladue & s268, R v Tierney, 2025 ABKB 223 [April 9, 2025] Charter s.10(b): Search Warrant...

The Defence Toolkit – April 12, 2025: Common Sense
This week's top three summaries: R v PP, 2025 ONCA 243: #arranged marriage, R v Vaughan, 2025 ONSC 1751, s.11(b) under 30, R v Admussen, 2025 ABCJ 49: #counterfeit R v PP, 2025 ONCA 243 [March 28, 2025] Commons Sense Assumptions by Judges: Arranged Marriage, Freudian...

The Defence Toolkit – April 5, 2025: Arrest outside Courtroom
This week's top three summaries: R v Jackson, 2025 ONSC 1677: s11(b) new #arrest, R v Stewart, 2025 ONSC 1277, #possession in glovebox, R v Zborowsky, 2025 ABCJ 44: #credibility factors R v Jackson, 2025 ONSC 1677 [March 14, 2025] Charter s.11(b): Arrest Interfering...

The Defence Toolkit – March 29, 2025: Breaches and Discoverability
This week's top three summaries: R v James, 2025 ONCA 213: s24(2) #discoverability, R v Gordon, 2025 ONCA 201, judge #promise and GP, R v JC, 2025 ONCA 230: expanded #amicus R v James, 2025 ONCA 213 [March 20, 2025] Charter s.24(2): Discoverability and Cumulative...
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The Defence Toolkit – March 22, 2025: Trauma Psychology
This week's top three summaries: R v PJC, 2025 ONCA 196: #trauma psychology, R v DeSutter, 2025 NSCA 18, #sexual images relevance, R v SK, 2025 ONCA 149: #sexual assault motives R v PJC, 2025 ONCA 196 [March 12, 2025] Expert Evidence: Psychology About Presentation...
The Defence Toolkit – March 15, 2025: The Right to Interpretation
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 to...
The Defence Toolkit – March 8, 2025: The Reid Technique
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 Interrogation and...
The Defence Toolkit – March 1, 2025: Search Warrants and Names
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: Identification of...

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