Criminal

  • October 09, 2024

    CRIMINAL CODE OFFENCES - Proceeds of crime

    Application by Applicants for an order granting them access to the seized monies to pay for legal expenses. The Applicants were charged with multiple counts of drug trafficking, firearm offences, and possession of crime proceeds. The sum of $186,269 was seized during their arrest. They challenged the legality of the search warrant which led to the charges. The Applicants and their families had limited financial resources.

  • October 08, 2024

    Why I am anonymous | David Dorson

    A number of people who read this column and know me have asked me why I don’t start using my real name. After all, it’s quite a few years since my arrest and guilty plea. Time to get past that, they say. And my writing, they say, would be more compelling if people knew who I was.

  • October 08, 2024

    Turnpenney Milne expands with addition of 3 lawyers

    Turnpenney Milne LLP recently announced the addition of Emile Shen, Sreya Roy and Shadé Edwards as lawyers in the firm’s Toronto office.

  • October 08, 2024

    Drug offences dominate PPSC caseload, accounting for 71 per cent of files in 2023-24

    Drug-related offences continued to dominate the caseload of the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC) in 2023-24, accounting for 71.2 per cent of files the service worked on, according to the PPSC Annual Report.

  • October 08, 2024

    ‘Dysfunctional’ corrections grievance system | John L. Hill

    Criticism of delays in resolving grievances filed by people incarcerated in federal penitentiaries has been ongoing for years.

  • October 08, 2024

    Reliance on artificial intelligence: Could it stymie the growth of law?

    Regardless of one’s personal view of the topic, it is undeniable that artificial intelligence (AI) will impact the future of law, as it will much of the rest of society.

  • October 08, 2024

    There oughta be a law | Norman Douglas

    How many laws are there? Let me think … no wait. I’m writing this. You think.

  • October 07, 2024

    EXCLUSION (Inadmissible persons) - Grounds for inadmissibility - Criminality - Misrepresentation

    Application by Garcia for judicial review of Officer's redetermination decision finding him inadmissible to Canada on the grounds of criminality and misrepresentation. Garcia, a Mexican citizen, applied for an electronic travel authorization ("ETA"). During his travel to Canada, a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Officer discovered unreported currency at the point of entry (POE).

  • October 07, 2024

    An Innocence Canada humble brag | Ron Dalton

    Last Wednesday, Oct. 2, some 300 friends and supporters of Innocence Canada and the International Wrongful Conviction Day Committee gathered at the Ontario Bar Association facility in Toronto to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Wrongful Conviction Day.

  • October 04, 2024

    Yukon tables traffic bill with harsher penalties for impaired drivers

    In a bid to bring greater safety to its highways, Yukon’s government is proposing new traffic legislation that would toughen punishments for reckless and impaired drivers.  

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