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Criminal-law 2026 ONCA 327

R. v. T.B.

The Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal from a conviction for the May 2023 sexual assault, finding no reversible misapprehension of evidence or insufficiency of reasons.

  • Sexual-assault
  • Assault
  • Recovered-memory
  • Credibility-and-reliability
  • Misapprehension-of-evidence
  • Sufficiency-of-reasons
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Criminal-law 2026 ONCA 315

R. v. R.N.

Appeal allowed and a new trial ordered after the Court found the trial judge misapplied W.(D.) and used disbelief of the accused as a makeweight for guilt.

  • W.(d.)-credibility-test
  • Credibility-and-reliability
  • Deliberate-fabrication
  • New-trial
  • Evidence-insufficiency
  • Collusion
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Contract-law 2025 BCSC 2222

MacLean Bros. Drywall Ltd. v. 1114136 B.C. Ltd.

The court found two binding drywall contracts, held the plaintiff performed both, rejected the defendants’ breach claims, and awarded judgment, interest, and costs.

  • Breach-of-contract
  • Damages
  • Expert-evidence
  • Credibility-and-reliability
  • Fast-track-rule-removal
  • Amendment-of-pleadings
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Criminal-law 2025 ONCA 754

R. v. Hui

The Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed conviction appeals in a murder-kidnapping case, upholding reliance on a Vetrovec witness and rejecting W.(D.) and reasons challenges.

  • Kidnapping
  • First-degree-murder
  • Vetrovec-witness-evidence
  • Credibility-and-reliability
  • Application-of-r.-v.-w.(d.)
  • Sentence-parity
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Tort 2025 BCSC 2083

MacDonald v. Sadri

Motor vehicle injury trial on causation, divisibility, mitigation and damages, with chronic soft tissue injuries, a separate ankle fracture, and future care awards assessed.

  • Causation-and-divisibility
  • Mitigation
  • Non-pecuniary-damages
  • Loss-of-earning-capacity
  • Costs-of-future-care
  • Credibility-and-reliability
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Criminal-law 2025 BCSC 2121

R. v. Mostowy

After a jury conviction for sexual assault, the court applied s. 724 of the Criminal Code and found beyond a reasonable doubt that two assault incidents were proven for sentencing.

  • Sexual-assault
  • Section-724-criminal-code-fact-finding
  • Credibility-and-reliability-of-complainant
  • Aggravating-factors-pattern-of-conduct
  • Precedent:-r.-v.-sheppard;-r.-v.-ferguson
  • Sentencing-fact-finding
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Tort 2025 BCSC 1956

Wong v. Nijjar

Personal injury judgment from a motor vehicle collision: liability was found against the defendant, but most causation and loss-of-earning claims failed.

  • Negligence
  • Causation
  • Damages
  • Non-pecuniary-damages
  • Loss-of-earning-capacity
  • Expert-evidence
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Criminal-law 2025 BCSC 1944

R. v. Smith

The court acquitted Mr. Smith of sexual assault after finding material inconsistencies in both parties’ evidence and concluding the Crown had not proven non-consent beyond a reasonable doubt.

  • Consent
  • Capacity-and-intoxication
  • Credibility-and-reliability
  • Mens-rea
  • W.(d.)-test
  • Publication-ban
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Criminal-law 2025 BCSC 2285

R. v. S.J.A.

The Supreme Court of British Columbia acquitted S.J.A. of sexual assault and sexual touching of a person under 14, finding the Crown had not proved the case beyond a reasonable doubt.

  • Sexual-assault
  • Sexual-interference-(person-under-14)
  • Consent
  • Credibility-and-reliability
  • Delay-in-reporting
  • Publication-ban
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Torts 2025 BCSC 1767

Samimi v. Omar

The court found the plaintiff was not a reliable historian, rejected most plaintiff experts on causation, accepted only ongoing pain symptoms, and awarded $182,930.80.

  • Causation
  • Credibility-and-reliability
  • Damages-quantification
  • Expert-evidence-admissibility
  • Use-of-social-media-evidence
  • Expert-evidence
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