Jan 30, 2023 | Criminal Defence, In the Media, Joshua Clarke
Joshua Clark, Criminal Defence Lawyer, says he can’t understand why Ottawa police would charge Captain Gregory Wright, a veteran firefighter. “While we respect the criminal process, we cannot fathom why he has been charged with this offence, having done nothing...
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Nov 18, 2022 | Criminal Defence
Miranda rights come from a 1966 American Supreme Court case called “Miranda v. Arizona”. Because we’re inundated with American TV and movies, most Canadians are familiar with Miranda rights, which states: “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be...
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Oct 3, 2022 | Articles, Criminal Defence
Criminal negligence is the failure on the part of a person with a duty to take reasonable steps to prevent certain negative outcomes from occurring. Although it is broadly-defined with several negligence-based criminal offences detailed in the Criminal Code, most...
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Sep 9, 2022 | Criminal Defence, Impaired Driving / DUI
Impaired driving offences are not uncommon in Canada. According to data gathered by Stats Can in 2019, police services reported a total of 85,673 incidents of impaired driving, the highest number since 2011. Interestingly, the study mentions that the COVID-19 pandemic...
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Jun 9, 2022 | Canadian Laws, Criminal Defence
Let’s imagine you’ve been charged with an indictable offence under the criminal code of Canada. All offences under the Criminal Code of Canada are defined as either summary, indictable, or hybrid offences. Summary offences are generally less serious both in terms of...
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Jan 24, 2022 | Criminal Defence
You’ve seen it in movies, on television, and true-crime videos on YouTube. In real-life, the Reid Technique is very effective at producing confessions. First developed in the 1940s by John E. Reid, it has become the most widely used approach to interrogation in the...
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