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The Defence Toolkit is published by Pawel Milczarek - Sitar & Milczarek Criminal Trials and Appeals
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  • 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 … 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. … 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 … Read more »

  • The Defence Toolkit – June 26, 2026: DNA Retention

    This week’s top three summaries: R v Vu, 2026 ONCA 429: #DNA retention, R v Ghandi, 2026 ONCA 407: virtual trial ID, R v AK, 2026 NUCA 4: rushed #deliberations R v Vu, 2026 ONCA 429 [June 17, 2026] Sentencing: Conditional Discharges and DNA Retention [Reasons by George J.A. with B. Zarnett and J. … Read more »

  • The Defence Toolkit – June 20, 2026: Fingerprints

    This week’s top three summaries: R v Kirkey, 2026 BCSC 973: #fingerprints, R v Esrabian, 2026 CanLii 53667: faint #hope, R v Slade, 2026 ONCA 381: command #hallucinations R v Kirkey, 2026 BCSC 973 [May 15, 2026] Circumstantial Evidence: Fingerprints [Gibb-Carsley J.] AUTHOR’S NOTE: While the legal … Read more »