Feb 26, 2016 | Articles, Sexual Assault
Jian Ghomeshi is a writer, musician, and former radio broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In 2014, the CBC fired Ghomeshi after many allegations of sexual assault and harassment were made against him by numerous women, including past girlfriends....
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Feb 22, 2016 | Articles
Cyberbullying is not something to take lightly. This is a very serious crime, that needs to be handled with the utmost care. The victims of a crime like this are left with years of heartache, and self esteem issues. Some people who have been bullied online have been...
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Feb 2, 2016 | Articles, In the Media
This analysis of Brendan Dassey’s confession serves to demonstrate the difficulty in assessing the voluntariness of confessions. It is a fairly complicated and contextualized area of the law as “findings of fact are best made by trial judges who deal with such...
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Feb 2, 2016 | Articles
By now many people have watched, analyzed, and obsessed over ‘Making a Murderer’ and the legal plight of Steven Avery. Alternate theories, explanations and petitions have sprung up all over the internet. Readers have gone to war in comment sections over the events...
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Dec 17, 2015 | Articles
Unreasonable Search and Seizure Part 1: What is Unreasonable Search and Seizure? Section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms states that “Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure.”1 It is important to understand what...
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Sep 18, 2015 | Articles
Being charged with a criminal offence is a daunting experience, both mentally and financially. For many, affording legal representation may be difficult, if not impossible. Fortunately, in circumstances where jail time is a possibility and certain financial...
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Apr 29, 2014 | Articles
Defence lawyers often deal with clients who have concurrent proceedings in family court, particularly the client accused of domestic-related offences. The purpose of this paper is twofold: 1) to assist the defence lawyer with substantive evidence law and 2) assist in...
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Apr 29, 2014 | Articles
Being arrested and charged with a criminal offence is a significant intrusion into the sanctity of one’s life. The arrest creates anxiety and uncertainty about what the next steps are, who should be contacted or what steps should be taken. Selecting the right...
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Apr 29, 2014 | Articles
Criminal Records and the United States of America Most, if not all, practising criminal lawyers will have been at one time or another asked how a Canadian criminal record might affect entry into the United States of America. The answer to this question is usually that...
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