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Rosen comes full circle with Martin Medal honour
Fearlessness, empathy, curiosity, inventiveness and the right amount of skepticism are key traits of an effective litigator… Read more
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Ontario law schools abdicating training responsibility: Rosen
Graduates are being left to seek out advocacy training on their own, Toronto criminal lawyer John Rosen tells Law Times, and he wishes Ontario law… Read more
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Appeals more complex than clients realize: Daviau
Preparation and care are more important than speed in filing appeals – something clients don’t understand… Read more
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Preparation key to successful self-defence argument: Daviau
Preparation and care are more important than speed in filing appeals – something clients don’t often understand… Read more
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Facing an LSO investigation with counsel is critical: Daviau
Lawyers should never face a Law Society of Ontario (LDO) investigation without counsel, says Toronto lawyer Lindsay Daviau… Read more
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Plan to curtail prelims is fixing something not broken: Daviau
The federal government’s plan to curtail preliminary inquiries is an ill-advised attempt to speed up the justice system that may end up slowing it down… Read more
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OCA ruling holds police accountable for their actions: Rosen
By upholding the attempted murder conviction of an officer who shot a dying teenager, the Ontario Court of Appeal (OCA) has reinforced the principle that… Read more
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Bill C-75 problematic with many ‘wrong-headed’ reforms: Rosen
The federal government’s wide-ranging package of criminal justice reforms in Bill C-75 is fraught with serious problems that will do more harm than good, says Toronto… Read more
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Case highlights need to look at mandatory minimums
An Ontario judge has struck down a mandatory minimum sentence for a drug smuggling offence, ruling that two years in prison would be a “grossly disproportionate” punishment… Read more
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Rosen: overhauling jury selection system ‘misguided’
It would be foolish to overhaul jury selection laws in response to the high-profile acquittals of two white men in the deaths of indigenous individuals… Read more