The appellant, a pub co-owner, appealed his summary conviction for assault causing bodily harm after pushing a patron off a barstool.
The appellant argued the trial judge reversed the burden of proof, misapplied the law of self-defence, applied an uneven standard of scrutiny to witnesses, and engaged in speculative reasoning.
The Superior Court of Justice dismissed the appeal, finding the trial judge properly applied the W.(D.) framework for assessing credibility, correctly analyzed self-defence, and based his findings of force on the evidence.
