Appeal Watch: What is ‘Reasonable Self-Defence’?
Canada’s self-defence laws, which were recently reformed to provide greater clarity for that defence, have stirred up new uncertainty. In R v Hodgson, 2022 NUCA 9, the Court of Appeal...
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Broadening the Scope of Self-defence: Accused’s “Role in the Incident” in R v Khill
For many people, self-defence means a person was desperate, in a kill-or-be-killed situation, and makes a split-second choice to save their own life. After R. v. Khill, 2021 SCC 37...
R v Khill: Jury Instructions and Assessing Reasonableness for the Defence of Self-Defense
In the case of R v Khill, 2020 ONCA 151 [Khill], Mr. Khill was initially found not guilty of second-degree murder in 2018 for fatally shooting Mr. Styres, an Indigenous...
R v RS: Considering Lived Realities in Self-Defence Claims
If an individual is hit in the head with a baseball bat and subsequently shoots and kills his attacker, were they acting in self-defence? What if the individual fired four...
