Summaries Sunday: Supreme One-Liners

As a supplement to our Sunday Summary each month, Supreme Advocacy LLP in Ottawa presents Supreme One-Liners, a super-short descriptive guide to the most recent decisions at the Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers its more comprehensive weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter, summarizing all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted.

Oral Judgment

Criminal Law: Fresh Evidence
R. v. Maadani, 2026 SCC 11 (41972)

Appeal re fresh evidence dismissed 5:2.

Appeals

Criminal Law: Forfeiture
R. v. Nguyen, 2026 SCC 10 (41400)

Stay of proceedings not bar forfeiture proceedings.

Appeal (Reasons)

Criminal Law: Sexual Assault; Alibi
R. v. G.G., 2026 SCC 12 (41963)

Crown “generally not required to establish…exact timing of…offence”.