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In light of the recent decision of R v. Dunn, in which the former CEO, CFO, and Controller of Nortel Networks Inc. were acquitted of fraud, the question of whether Canada is a tough jurisdiction for corporate criminals has again become a subject of popular discussion.

Diversion programs for those accused of criminal offences are not new in Canada. In Québec, for example, first-time individual accused or accused suffering from a psychiatric or ...

Fraudsters are the thinking person's criminal. They not only plan the fraud, but they plan their exit strategy if they get caught.

The actions of a Milton Police officer are likely to lead to the staying and withdrawal of over 30 drug-related charges laid within the Halton region.

For many Torontonians, the last two years of spectating our "Boys in Blue" has been some of the best baseball we've seen out of Toronto in many years.

Last week, the Office of the Federal Ombudsperson for Victims of Crime released a significant new report, "Rethinking Justice for Survivors of Sexual Violence: A Systemic Investigation".

Vadim Kazenelson, the project manager for Metron Construction, was sentenced today to 3½ years in prison for criminal negligence.

On January 11, 2016, the Ontario Superior Court sentenced a project manager to 3 ½ years in prison after he was convicted of criminal negligence following the death of four workers in 2009.

In December 2009, Metron Construction Corporation (Metron) was repairing exterior balconies on the 14th floor of a high-rise apartment building in Toronto.

In Budget 2023, which was tabled in the House of Commons on March 28, the Government of Canada announced its intentions to bolster measures to deter, detect, and prosecute financial crimes...

The Supreme Court of Canada upheld a blanket prohibition on assisted dying in its 1993 decision Rodriguez v. British Columbia (AG)[1], in which the Court stated that aiding or abetting a person...

On May 30th, 2017, the Protecting Patients Act, 2017 (the "Act") received Royal Assent in the Ontario legislature, which resulted in amendments to various health care related legislation...

In Emma Joyce Jansen et al v. J.T et al, 2026 ONSC 1304, the Superior Court of Justice for Ontario considered the test under section 137.1 of the Courts of Justice Act (CJA) in the context of an action for malicious prosecution involving a complaint of sexual assault by a minor.

Does our civil justice system give perpetrators of sexual assault a discount on the compensation they must pay if their victims had suffered prior...

Lawyers, physicians, accountants and other professionals who depend heavily on their reputations may understandably wish to keep their names from being reported in court decisions in which they are involved. The open court principle, however, does not generally allow for anonymization simply because a party has a professional reputation to protect.

On May 13, 2019, the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench released its decision in Day v Woodburn.

The Court held that the Government of Nunavut, the party who initiated the appeal, does not have standing to pursue the appeal.

In R v Ali, 2020 ABCA 344, the Alberta Court of Appeal reiterated the longstanding principles that police officers are entitled to rely on information gathered by fellow officers during the course ...