Latest posts by Gary Botting (see all)
- New book explores Canada’s dangerous offender designation - January 11, 2022
- Canada’s extradition laws under attack for many reasons in 2021 - December 24, 2021
- Canada’s extradition procedures in desperate need of an overhaul - November 24, 2021
The British Columbia Court of Appeal recently ordered a new trial for one of my appellant clients convicted of sexual assault, in an important appeal which chips away at R. v. W.D. – the standard “credibility assessment” case which sets rigid rules for determining credibility in a she-said/he-said confrontation.
Sexual assault is always a serious matter, but often in such cases, the presumption of innocence becomes a joke, with the benefit of the doubt invariably favouring the complainant–especially when that person is a young female. To read more, click here.
