Criminal Law

APPEAL WATCH: Revisiting the admissibility of similar fact evidence in R v Chizanga

The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) will soon hear the appeal of R v Chizanga, 2024 ONCA 545 [Chizanga], in which it will opine on the principles of admitting evidence of prior discreditable conduct [41405].  Building upon the seminal case of R v Handy, 2002 SCC 56 [Handy] which set out the principles for the admissibility of such evidence, this appeal […]

[Appeal Watch]: R v McKee : Is Information of Police Misconduct First-Party Disclosure?

In R v McKee [41110], the Supreme Court (SCC) will decide whether a document in the possession of the Crown – containing information of police misconduct – obtained in respect of a unrelated investigation constitutes first-party disclosure automatically provided to the accused. This decision will likely turn on whether the Supreme Court adopts a narrow or broad […]

R v Stevenson: SCC upholds conviction on Vetrovec testimony

R v Hanrahan: SCC Rejects Argument to Establish a Standard of “Clear and Unambiguous” for the Admission of Prior Sexual History

Taking Another Kick at the Causation Can in R v BF

APPEAL WATCH: Sentencing Specificity and Sexual Offences Against Children in R v Sheppard

Parliament Doesn’t Make Mistakes: Clarifying Driving Prohibitions in R v Wolfe

R v Hodgson: The SCC on the Crown’s Limited Right to Appeal an Acquittal

Clarifying Corroborative Evidence and Hearsay: R v Charles

R v Kruk: Bringing Sense Back to Common-Sense Assumptions