Professor R. Diab, TRU Law, Spring 2025

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Course Outline + Description

cr1-outln-2025.pdf

Summaries

Professor Diab’s summary site

Week 1

Presumptions, quantum, and burden of proof

Readings

Cases

• Woolmington v. D.P.P., [1935] A.C. 462**
  • Please read whole decision

Headnotes of

• R. v. Lifchus, [1997] 3 S.C.R. 320
• R. v. Starr [2000] 2 S.C.R. 144
• R. v. Oakes, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 103

Resources

PQ+Br.pptx

Actus Reus 1: Voluntariness and contemporaneity

Readings

Cases

• Kilbride v. Lake, [1962] NZLR 590
  • a short case brief
• R. v. King, [1962] SCR 746
  • Please read headnote
• R. v. Ruzic, [2001] 1 SCR 687
  • Please read headnote
• Fagan v. Commissioner of Metropolitan Police, [1969] 1 QB 439 (it’s short!)
• R. v. Miller, [1982] 2 All ER 386
  • Please read at least the first 3 pages of Lord Diplock’s opinion
• R. v. Cooper, [1993] 1 SCR 146
  • Please read headnote
• R. v. William, 2003 SCC 41
  • Please read headnote

Resources

AR1.pptx

Week 2

Actus Reus 2: Act and omissions

Readings

Cases

Entire decisions (they’re short!)

• R. v. Browne, (1997) 116 CCC (3d) 183
• R. v. Thornton, (1991), 3 CR (4th) 381

Resources

Actus 2r.pptx

Actus2 review.pdf

Actus Reus 3: Consequences & Causation

Readings

Cases

• R. v. Winning (1973), 12 CCC (2d) 449
• Smithers v. The Queen, [1978] 1 SCR 506
  • Please read the entire decision
• R. v. Cribbin
  • Please read headnote
• R. v. Harbottle, [1993] 3 SCR 306
  • Please read entire decision
• R. v. Nette, [2001] 3 SCR 488
  • Please read headnote
• R. v Maybin, 2012 SCC 24
  • Please read headnote

Resources

AR3r.pptx