The Supreme Court Ruling on The New Rules of Evidence In Sexual Assault Trials - Toronto Criminal Defence Lawyers

bloodfuel · 2022-07-25T11:22:10+00:00

The Supreme Court majority has discouraged this practice, making it less effective by allowing for the complainant to potentially have notice and participation in a motion for directions while maintaining that the complainant did not have standing or participation in Stage One of an actual application.
Some vague reference to a judge's ability to assign weight to evidence of a complainant based upon enhanced details or altering of their evidence is of little comfort to an accused whose liberty and life is at stake.
These applications will continue to create access to justice issues, increasing the cost of legal fees with the new procedures, and the applications must be carefully crafted because they must be filed prior to trial and prior to the complainant's testimony in court.

What are your thoughts on this?

a-man-from-earth · 2022-07-25T10:37:06+00:00

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Title	The Supreme Court Ruling on The New Rules of Evidence In Sexual Assault Trials - Toronto Criminal Defence Lawyers
Author	bloodfuel
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Date	July 25, 2022 2:26 AM UTC (3 years ago)
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