Charged with sexual assault? The basics on defending sex offences
Anyone charged with sexual assault, or other sexual offences, faces serious and urgent issues. Learn the essential things about sexual assault cases.
2020 Thursday, December 31,
2019 Monday, February 4,
R v Calnen, 2019 SCC 6
Heather's Legal Summaries: R v Calnen, 2019 SCC 6 Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in R v Calnen, 2019 SCC 6. With three separate judgments, there was little consensus [...]
2017 Monday, October 23,
“The police want to interview me. What do I do?” Gallery“The police want to interview me. What do I do?”
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“The police want to interview me. What do I do?”
"The police want to interview me in a criminal investigation. What should I do?" Many times a month, our lawyers get calls from terrified people telling us that police want to interview them [...]
2017 Monday, July 10,
- 7 practical tips on digital evidence for lawyers. Protection, preservation, tracking, and privilege. Gallery
7 practical tips on digital evidence for lawyers. Protection, preservation, tracking, and privilege.
Canadian Criminal Law, Evidence, Legal Commentary, Right to Counsel, Search and Seizure, The Practice of Criminal Law
7 practical tips on digital evidence for lawyers. Protection, preservation, tracking, and privilege.
7 tips for lawyers on guarding privilege, protecting client rights, and tracking evidence in the digital age. When I was an articling student, my principal Jack Pinkofsky used to always [...]
2017 Friday, June 30,
- The case of Bradshaw: hearsay, gun shots, and reliability. Gallery
The case of Bradshaw: hearsay, gun shots, and reliability.
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The case of Bradshaw: hearsay, gun shots, and reliability.
The Supreme Court of Canada has made it clear: hearsay is presumptively inadmissible (or so I heard...) The case of Bradshaw. Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Canada released their decision of R. v. Bradshaw and [...]
2016 Saturday, October 1,
- Prosecuting and defending driving while impaired by drug cases in Canada. Gallery
Prosecuting and defending driving while impaired by drug cases in Canada.
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Prosecuting and defending driving while impaired by drug cases in Canada.
Proving a person is impaired by a drug while driving may not be as hard as you think. The information provided in this article is very basic legal information on the topic of driving [...]