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Whilst driving a Zamboni during a high school hockey game, Steven James Anderson, age 27, was nearly four times above the legal limit for driving a motor vehicle.

As criminal defense lawyers, we primarily advise our clients with respect to the criminal implications of certain driving offences.

The issue of Freemen-on-the-Land / Sovereign Citizens in Alberta courts was reignited by the case of Fearn v Canada Customs.

It was a quiet week at the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

In the wake of the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in R. v. Jordan, there have been various suggestions on how to deal with the issue of delay in the Ontario courts.

In Ontario, limitation periods are governed by the Limitations Act, 2002 ("Limitations Act"). A limitation period is the window of time that a party has to commence an action against another party.

Cyber criminals are parasitic, so the fact that they are using COVID-19 as a backdrop to increase their attacks should not be a surprise.

Recent increases in enforcement actions by the Quebec anti-corruption enforcement unit and the RCMP should be heeded by management of Canadian companies.

In this criminal case, Carlos Alberto Pavao was found guilty of defrauding 10 investors in respect of the sale of shares in two gold mining companies, as well as one count of defrauding the public.

Pursuant to Section 347 of the Criminal Code a criminal rate of interest is defined as an effective annual rate of interest, calculated in accordance with generally accepted actuarial practices...

Constable Smiley was in a common law relationship. He moved into his common law partner's home in 2012.

As discussed in our blog, Government Seeks Feedback on Lowering the Criminal Rate of Interest, the Government of Canada conducted consultations in respect of the criminal interest rate under the Canadian Criminal Code.

In a previous blog post, we discussed the possibility of a new trial being granted to Christopher Husbands. Husbands was the perpetrator in the 2012 Eaton Centre shootings, which killed two people.

In the recently released decision of Brown v. Woodstock (Police Services Board), 2018 ONCA 275 ("Brown"), the Court of Appeal allowed the plaintiff's appeal and set aside the lower court's dismissal...

In the recent case of R. v. John, a summary conviction appeal court set aside a conviction for Over 80 as a result of the police not contacting an interpreter when they should have done so.

Privacy is often, but not always, a concern to plaintiffs in civil sexual assault cases. This article will discuss keeping the plaintiff's identity confidential as well as production of confidential records.

The CBC is reporting that criminal negligence charges have been laid in the highway death in August of a flag person working on a road crew in Saskatchewan.