The culture of complacency in criminal court
“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 [...]
By Gold Law|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 [...]
By Gold Law|2018-12-20T09:19:20-05:00December 20th, 2018|
Heather's Legal Summaries: R v Mohamed, 2018 ONCA 966 The “Cumulative Hearsay” Issue R v Mohamed is an Ontario Court of Appeal decision delivered by Strathy C.J.O., Watt and [...]
By Gold Law|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 [...]
By Gold Law|2020-12-01T14:58:51-05:00November 5th, 2018|
"Kill the fax machine!" Lawyers on Promoting Efficiency in Criminal Courts On October 24, 2018, Sean Robichaud tweeted at lawyers asking the following question: “Lawyers, if you had the power to change one [...]

By Gold Law|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 [...]
By Gold Law|2019-03-27T09:40:00-04:00July 10th, 2018|
How to Start a Podcast (Lawyer Edition) In late 2017, my long commutes and repetitive playlists got me hooked on listening to podcasts. As I listened to some of my [...]