R. v. Bharwani,
Jurisdiction | Ontario |
Judge | Doherty,Fairburn,Harvison Young,Thorburn,Trotter |
Citation | 2023 ONCA 203 |
Docket Number | C64221 |
Court | Court of Appeal (Ontario) |
Date | 24 March 2023 |
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11 practice notes
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R. v. Kahsai,
...2018 SCC 25, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 696; R. v. White, 2022 SCC 7; Korponay v. Attorney General of Canada, [1982] 1 S.C.R. 41; R. v. Bharwani, 2023 ONCA 203, 424 C.C.C. (3d) 197; R. v. Ledesma, 2020 ABCA 410, 395 C.C.C. (3d) 259; R. v. Fabrikant (1995), 97 C.C.C. (3d) 544; R. v. Whalen, [2009] O.J.......
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R v Kahsai,
...2018 SCC 25, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 696; R. v. White, 2022 SCC 7; Korponay v. Attorney General of Canada, [1982] 1 S.C.R. 41; R. v. Bharwani, 2023 ONCA 203, 424 C.C.C. (3d) 197; R. v. Ledesma, 2020 ABCA 410, 395 C.C.C. (3d) 259; R. v. Fabrikant (1995), 97 C.C.C. (3d) 544; R. v. Whalen, [2009] O.J.......
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The 2024 Annotated Mental Health Provisions of the Criminal Code (Part XX.1)
...v. Bharwani , 2 which rewrites Taylor in a way that comports much more closely with how the various practitioners and 2 R. v. Bharwani , [2023] ONCA 203. 2 Criminal Code s 2 stakeholders felt the test should operate. A ive-judge panel of the Court of Appeal revisited the substance of the te......
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Table of Cases
...14, 21 Beune , R v , 2005 BCPC 175 ................................................... 243 Bharwani , R v , 2023 ONCA 203 ............................................... 354 Bhatt , R v , 2016 ONSC 6713, leave to appeal to ONCA refused, [2017] OJ No 3043 (QL) .....................................
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6 cases
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R. v. Kahsai,
...2018 SCC 25, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 696; R. v. White, 2022 SCC 7; Korponay v. Attorney General of Canada, [1982] 1 S.C.R. 41; R. v. Bharwani, 2023 ONCA 203, 424 C.C.C. (3d) 197; R. v. Ledesma, 2020 ABCA 410, 395 C.C.C. (3d) 259; R. v. Fabrikant (1995), 97 C.C.C. (3d) 544; R. v. Whalen, [2009] O.J.......
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R v Kahsai,
...2018 SCC 25, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 696; R. v. White, 2022 SCC 7; Korponay v. Attorney General of Canada, [1982] 1 S.C.R. 41; R. v. Bharwani, 2023 ONCA 203, 424 C.C.C. (3d) 197; R. v. Ledesma, 2020 ABCA 410, 395 C.C.C. (3d) 259; R. v. Fabrikant (1995), 97 C.C.C. (3d) 544; R. v. Whalen, [2009] O.J.......
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2024 ONCA 448,
...in his view, meaningful participation was not the stand-alone test. This court has since reiterated that point in R. v. Bharwani, 2023 ONCA 203, 166 O.R. (3d) 1, leave to appeal to granted, [2023] S.C.C.A. 236, which clarified the fitness test under s. 2 of the Criminal 356 The trial judge ......
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R v Jaser,
...in his view, meaningful participation was not the stand-alone test. This court has since reiterated that point in R. v. Bharwani, 2023 ONCA 203, 166 O.R. (3d) 1, leave to appeal to granted, [2023] S.C.C.A. 236, which clarified the fitness test under s. 2 of the Criminal 356 The trial judge ......
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4 books & journal articles
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The 2024 Annotated Mental Health Provisions of the Criminal Code (Part XX.1)
...v. Bharwani , 2 which rewrites Taylor in a way that comports much more closely with how the various practitioners and 2 R. v. Bharwani , [2023] ONCA 203. 2 Criminal Code s 2 stakeholders felt the test should operate. A ive-judge panel of the Court of Appeal revisited the substance of the te......
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Table of Cases
...14, 21 Beune , R v , 2005 BCPC 175 ................................................... 243 Bharwani , R v , 2023 ONCA 203 ............................................... 354 Bhatt , R v , 2016 ONSC 6713, leave to appeal to ONCA refused, [2017] OJ No 3043 (QL) .....................................
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Right to Counsel: General Principles and Informational Obligations
...and be able to communicate 219 2015 ONC J 340 at para 45. 220 [1994] 2 SCR 914, 1994 CanLII 55. 221 Ibid at 941. See also R v Bharwani , 2023 ONCA 203 at para 167. © 2025 Emond Montgomery Publications. All Rights Reserved. Chapter 10 Right to Counsel: General Principles and Informational Ob......
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Appendix A. Fitness to Stand Trial and Criminal Responsibility: An Introductory Overview
...complexity, etc. Elasticity is an inherent part of the contextualized analysis. A nuanced approach must be taken. R. v. Bharwani, 2023 ONCA 203 at paras 107, 110–12, and 167 [107] To summarize, properly interpreted, Taylor stands for the following propositions: 1. The s. 2 deinition of “uni......