The Defence Toolkit- November 8, 2025: Mandatory Minimums - appeallawyer.ca This week’s top three summaries: Quebec (AG) v Senneville, 2025 SCC 33: min #sentence, R v Hutton, 2025 ABCA 356: 271 mens rea, R v Backfat, 2025 ABCJ 183: #delayed counsel and release Quebec (Attorne...

⚖️ New on The Defence Toolkit:
🧑‍⚖️ Mandatory Minimum Sentences — reasonably foreseeable scenarios.
📜 Sexual Assault — Mens Rea absent a mistake defence.
🔍 Charter Rights — intoxicated and rude accused.
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The Defence Toolkit - November 1, 2025: The Good Samaritan - appeallawyer.ca This week’s top three summaries: R v Wilson, 2025 SCC 32: #GoodSamaritan, R v Ukuqtunnuaq, 2025 NUCA 8: #fresh evidence, R v Liu, 2025 SKCA 98: #expert evidence R. v. Wilson, 2025 SCC 32 [October 24, ...

⚖️ New on The Defence Toolkit:
🧑‍⚖️ Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act — immunity from arrest
📜 Fresh Evidence after a guilty plea — capacity to consent reconsidered
🔍 Expert evidence — trial errors and appellate correction
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