When a Canadian offender faces the likelihood of conviction in a criminal case, their defence lawyer’s efforts typically tend to focus on mitigating the harshness of the penalties t…
If the word “extortion” elicits images of mobster-like figures threatening a small shop owner to pay “protection” money or they’ll start smashing things in the shop, you’ve got a pr…
Earlier this month, Toronto Police charged a Scarborough resident with “recklessly discharging” a gun at suspects who were attempting to steal his car from his driveway. While the i…
If you’ve ever wondered how to get a pardon in Canada, you might be asking the wrong question. Canada no longer grants pardons for those convicted of criminal offences. Instead, tho…
If you hear the word “incarceration,” it may cause your mind to invoke images of a dingy prison cell with its gray bars, and an unsavoury character or two behind them. Should Ontari…
Anyone charged with a first-time criminal offence in Ontario should prepare to enter an unfamiliar landscape. From both a legal and procedural perspective, the criminal court proces…
Let’s examine the offence of impaired driving causing death, along with similar laws addressing impaired driving causing bodily harm. Not only do you not want to be the cause of som…
People tend to believe assorted myths about intoxication and impaired driving in Canada. Let’s review the eight misconceptions impaired driving clients tend to raise with our lawyer…
If a Canadian police officer suspects that you’ve been driving while impaired, they’re not going to make you perform some random mental and physical coordination tests. Instead, you…
Anyone convicted of a sexual offence in Canada faces the distinct possibility that their sentence will include incarceration, especially when charged as an indictable offence. Howev…
Ontario police investigated a record 12,639 reports of criminal harassment in 2024, according to the latest Statistics Canada incident-based crime reporting. While the statistics al…
The consequences of a domestic assault arrest in Ontario can have a significant impact on your family life, even if the charges are dropped or the case ends in acquittal. If you’re …
According to the latest government statistics, Canadian police investigated a record 178,532 fraud reports in 2024, a nearly 120% increase from the 81,179 incidents they investigate…
