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2023 Saturday, November 25,

Hate-Motivated Mischief in Canada: Frequently Asked Questions

By |2023-11-25T14:28:55-05:00November 25th, 2023|

Hate-Motivated Mischief in Canada: Frequently Asked Questions Recently, there has been an uptick in discussions about hate-motivated mischief in Canada. This article will answer frequently asked questions about this charge. What is [...]

2020 Thursday, April 2,

Bail, COVID-19, and the release of inmates detained on the “tertiary ground”

By |2020-04-02T07:38:46-04:00April 2nd, 2020|

Bail, COVID-19, and the release of inmates detained on the "tertiary ground" A large number of Canadians are currently in custody in this country despite being factually innocent and having already been found [...]

2019 Tuesday, April 23,

The culture of complacency in criminal court

By |2019-08-12T22:52:11-04:00April 23rd, 2019|

“Tim, meet Justice system. Justice system, meet some guy and his lawyer.” A few weeks ago, “Tim” (not his real name) approached our firm to represent him on serious criminal allegations. He was [...]

2018 Friday, December 14,

Heather’s Legal Summaries: R v Boudreault, 2018 SCC 58

By |2018-12-15T10:22:38-05:00December 14th, 2018|

Heather's Legal Summaries: The case of R v Boudreault, 2018 SCC 58 Victim Fine Surcharges Today, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in four cases, heard together as R v Boudreault, 2018 [...]

2018 Wednesday, August 29,

Self-induced intoxication defences in sexual assault cases: the case of R. v. McKaw

By |2018-08-29T17:00:38-04:00August 29th, 2018|

Self-induced intoxication defences in sexual assault cases: the case of R. v. McKaw Introduction: Automatism & Intoxication Among the various defenses in criminal law are the non-insane automatism defenses. The [...]