R. v. Pan
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Judge | Richard Wagner; Andromache Karakatsanis; Suzanne Côté; Malcolm Rowe; Sheilah Martin; Nicholas Kasirer; Mahmud Jamal; Michelle O’Bonsawin; Mary Moreau |
| Judgment Date | 10 April 2025 |
| Citation | 2025 SCC 12 |
| Docket Number | 40839 |
| Date | 10 April 2025 |
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...then it should acquit the accused of attempted murder. Cases Cited By O’Bonsawin J. Applied: R. v. Abdullahi, 2023 SCC 19; R. v. Pan, 2025 SCC 12; considered: R. v. Cinous, 2002 SCC 29, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 3; referred to: R. v. Calnen, 2019 SCC 6, [2019] 1 S.C.R. 301; R. v. Lozada, 2024 SCC 18;......
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R. v. Herman
...would cause needless delay, since the latter conclusion must be taken to subsume the former. [54] As the Supreme Court held in R v Pan, 2025 SCC 12, the process of “[a]ssessing whether there is an air of reality to a positive defence … requires the court to examine the distinct factual infe......
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R v. Picken
...420 [Cairney]. [19] Whether there is an air of reality to a defence is a question of law, reviewable on a correctness standard: R v Pan, 2025 SCC 12 [Pan] at para 35; Cinous at para 55; R v Alas, 2022 SCC 14 at para 3, [2022] 1 SCR 283; and R v Wolff, 2019 SKCA 103 at paras 112–116, 380 CCC......
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Jewish National Fund of Canada Inc. v. Canada (National Revenue)
...be an air of reality to a criminal defence before it is left to a jury: see, e.g., R. v. Cinous, 2002 SCC 29, [2002] S.C.R. 3; R. v. Pan, 2025 SCC 12. [29] And in administrative law, there must be an air of reality to an allegation of maladministration before a party can go behind the admin......
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R. v. B.F.
...then it should acquit the accused of attempted murder. Cases Cited By O’Bonsawin J. Applied: R. v. Abdullahi, 2023 SCC 19; R. v. Pan, 2025 SCC 12; considered: R. v. Cinous, 2002 SCC 29, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 3; referred to: R. v. Calnen, 2019 SCC 6, [2019] 1 S.C.R. 301; R. v. Lozada, 2024 SCC 18;......
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R. v. Herman
...would cause needless delay, since the latter conclusion must be taken to subsume the former. [54] As the Supreme Court held in R v Pan, 2025 SCC 12, the process of “[a]ssessing whether there is an air of reality to a positive defence … requires the court to examine the distinct factual infe......
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R v. Picken
...420 [Cairney]. [19] Whether there is an air of reality to a defence is a question of law, reviewable on a correctness standard: R v Pan, 2025 SCC 12 [Pan] at para 35; Cinous at para 55; R v Alas, 2022 SCC 14 at para 3, [2022] 1 SCR 283; and R v Wolff, 2019 SKCA 103 at paras 112–116, 380 CCC......
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Jewish National Fund of Canada Inc. v. Canada (National Revenue)
...be an air of reality to a criminal defence before it is left to a jury: see, e.g., R. v. Cinous, 2002 SCC 29, [2002] S.C.R. 3; R. v. Pan, 2025 SCC 12. [29] And in administrative law, there must be an air of reality to an allegation of maladministration before a party can go behind the admin......
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