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- The Defence Toolkit – August 1, 2026: Theory of the Offence
This week’s top three summaries: R v Massicotte, 2026 ONCA 5269: #Crown theory , R v Suksawat, 2026 ABKB 536: s.8 grounds for #phones, R v Adriatico, 2026 ONSC 4079: NCRMD #morally wrong R v Massicotte, 2026 ONCA 526 [July 20, 2026] Court Must Evaluate Crown Legal Theory of the Offence Unless they G … Read more »
- The Defence Toolkit – July 25, 2026: Sleepwalking
This week’s top three summaries: R v DW, 2026 ABKB 519: #sleepwalk sex , R v Samandari-Matof, 2026 ABCA 55: #possession, R v Olafson, 2026 ABCJ 92: 11(b) court #overbooking R v DW, 2026 ABKB 519 [July 17, 2026] Sexual Assault Voluntariness: Sleepwalking [A.K. Akgungor J.] AUTHOR’S NOTE: Voluntarines … Read more »
- The Defence Toolkit – July 17, 2026: An Open Crate
This week’s top three summaries: R v Parsley, 2026 NLCA 23: s.8 unusual #freight , R v Marjanovic, 2026 MBCA 61: #consecutive to life, R v MacKinnon, 2026 NSCA 54: #functus R v Parsley, 2026 NLCA 23 [June 29, 2026] Charter s.8: Freight Delivery [Reasons by D.M. Boone C.J.N.L. with K.J. O’Brien and G … Read more »
- The Defence Toolkit – July 11, 2026: The Unsavoury Witness
This week’s top three summaries: R v Drake, 2026 NSCA 48: Vetrovec #confirmation, R v VRRR, 2026 MBCA 56: human #assumptions , R v Murphy and Wright, 2026 NSCA 51: #judicial notice mistrial R v Drake, 2026 NSCA 48 [June 17, 2026] Vetrovec: Confirmatory Evidence Requirements [Reasons by Farrar J.A. w … Read more »
- The Defence Toolkit – July 4, 2026: Police Discipline Disclosure
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 [June 26, 2026] Disclosure and Relevance o … Read more »