Test is high when appealing a guilty plea: Daviau
Lawyers thinking of appealing a guilty plea should make sure they have strong grounds because the barriers to success are high... Read more
Lawyers thinking of appealing a guilty plea should make sure they have strong grounds because the barriers to success are high... Read more
Fearlessness, empathy, curiosity, inventiveness and the right amount of skepticism are key traits of an effective litigator... Read more
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
Preparation and care are more important than speed in filing appeals - something clients don't understand... Read more
Preparation and care are more important than speed in filing appeals - something clients don't often understand... Read more
Lawyers should never face a Law Society of Ontario (LDO) investigation without counsel, says Toronto lawyer Lindsay Daviau... Read more
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
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
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
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