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Tort 2025 BCSC 2202

Edgars v. British Columbia (Children and Family Development)

The court allowed a partial amendment to the notice of civil claim, struck a proposed assault allegation, and sent limitation issues to trial.

  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Discoverability
  • Postponement of limitation period
  • Assault
  • Pleadings sufficiency
  • Mr. big investigation
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Criminal law 2014 BCSC 2628

R. v. Balbar

The court held that Heather Hamill’s out-of-court statements to a friend were not admissible for their truth because they lacked sufficient indicia of reliability.

  • Principled hearsay exception
  • Necessity and reliability
  • Admission of out-of-court statements
  • Character evidence
  • Mr. big investigation
  • Hearsay
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Criminal law 2014 BCSC 2652

R. v. McDonald

The Crown’s s. 752.1 application was granted after McDonald’s manslaughter conviction. The court ordered a 60-day assessment to consider dangerous or long-term offender designation.

  • Section 752.1 criminal code
  • Dangerous offender
  • Long-term offender
  • Remand for assessment
  • Mr. big investigation
  • Manslaughter
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Criminal law 2012 BCSC 1621

R. v. Langlet

Voir dire on admissibility of Mr. Big confessions in a first degree murder case; the court held the evidence admissible and found no Charter breach or abuse of process.

  • Mr. big investigation
  • Admissibility of confessions
  • Abuse of process
  • Charter s.7
  • Charter s.11(d)
  • Probative vs prejudicial balancing
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