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We’re Hiring an Associate
Daniel Brown Law LLP, a Toronto-based boutique law firm specializing in criminal trials and appeals, is looking for an associate lawyer for our Toronto office. About Daniel Brown Law LLP For nearly two decades, Daniel Brown Law LLP has represented organizations and...
Daniel Brown Law Welcomes Two New Lawyers
Daniel Brown Law LLP is thrilled to announce the addition of two lawyers to the firm. Hilary Dudding has joined our team as a partner and James Bray has joined us as an associate. Over the last two decades, Hilary has defended almost every type of criminal charge from...
Daniel Brown Law Welcomes Our Newest Partners
Daniel Brown Law LLP is excited to announce that Colleen McKeown, Andrew Bigioni and Lindsay Board have joined our partnership. We wish them all ongoing success as they continue their practices as partners in the firm.Colleen practices criminal and constitutional law...
Defending Utter Threats Charges
How To Successfully Defend Utter Threats Charges in Toronto The crime of uttering threats carries with it serious consequences, including the potential for imprisonment. Quite often, allegations of uttering threats to cause bodily harm or death will arise out of a...
Defending Dangerous Driving Charges
Defending Dangerous Driving Charges in Toronto Our lawyers have defended dangerous driving charges in all corners of the province and often appear in courts across the GTA in addition to the Toronto courthouses including Newmarket, Oshawa, Brampton, and Milton. Daniel...
Appealing A Provincial Offences Act Conviction
How To Appeal Your Provincial Offences Act Conviction or Sentence in Toronto, Ontario. Are you looking to hire a lawyer to appeal your Provincial Offences Act conviction or sentence in Toronto, Ontario or elsewhere in the Greater Toronto Area? This article is intended...
Failing to Stop or Remain at the Scene of an Accident
This article provides a brief summary of the law in relation to the offence of failing to stop or failing to remain at the scene of a traffic accident (section 320.16 of the Criminal Code). In most provinces, a provincial driving statute such as the Ontario Highway...
Firm Update on COVID-19 and Updates on Court Closures
The lawyers at Daniel Brown Law continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 situation. As always, our priority is the health and well-being of our firm members, clients, and community. To do our part to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19, effective Monday, March 16,...
Publishing An Intimate Image Without Consent
How to Defend Allegations of Publishing an Intimate Image Without Consent Since 2015, publishing an intimate image of someone else without their permission is a crime in Canada. Section 162.1 of the Criminal Code captures all ways in which intimate images may...
We’re Hiring a Full-Time Legal Assistant
Daniel Brown Law LLP, a Toronto-based law firm specializing in criminal trials and appeals, is looking for a full-time legal assistant. Our legal assistant will be a valuable member of the team and work closely with the firm’s lawyers. Primary responsibilities will...
Voyeurism Lawyers Toronto – How to Defend Voyeurism Charges
Voyeurism Lawyers Toronto Voyeurism was added to the Criminal Code of Canada in 2005 to address a concern that new technologies could be used to more easily spy on people secretly for sexual purposes. A voyeurism conviction can cause irreparable harm to a person's...
Your Right to Speak With a Lawyer After You Are Arrested: What You Need to Know.
Under section 10(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, everyone who has been arrested by the police on a criminal charge has the “right to retain and instruct counsel without delay and to be informed of that right”. Police have to tell you that you can...
Winning Your Criminal Appeal With Fresh Evidence
A criminal appeal lawyer is often required to prepare an appeal by relying solely on the evidence presented during the trial. In some cases, the appeal lawyer can present new evidence to the appeal court. This can assist in getting the court to overturn a conviction...
Canada’s Sexual Offender Registry
Since 2004, Canadian Courts have required those found guilty of certain sex related crimes be registered in a sexual offender database. The Sexual Offender Information Registry Act (SOIRA) imposes obligations for those placed on the National Sex Offender Registry to...
Defending Sexual Exploitation Charges
With consent, it is not illegal in Canada to have a sexual relationship with someone older than sixteen years of age, regardless of the age difference between the two parties. An exception to this rule occurs when the sexual relationship exists between someone holding...
When Can Police Enter Your Home?
The ruling of R. v. Zargar, 2014 ONSC 1415 affirms that police cannot generally enter a person’s home without permission except under very limited circumstances. The case also establishes that a person can use a reasonable amount of physical force to remove a police...
Application to Access the Rob Ford ‘Crack Video’ Dismissed
Earlier today, Justice Ian Nordheimer released his ruling dismissing the application by Mohammad Khattak to access to the Rob Ford 'crack video'. The Application was brought on behalf of Mohammad Khattak, one of three men pictured with Mayor Rob Ford outside a...
Considering immigration consequences on sentencing
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court of Canada released their ruling in R. v. Pham 2013 SCC 15 which answers the question, “What weight should be given to collateral immigration consequences in sentencing?” Mr. Pham was not a Canadian citizen. He was convicted at...
Public Mischief Charges in Canada
It is a crime in Canada to cause a police officer to enter on or continue an investigation with the intent to mislead them in any of the following scenarios: (a) making a false statement that accuses some other person of having committed an offence; (b) doing anything...
Understanding the Defence of Entrapment in Canada
The police will often act covertly in an undercover capacity in order to investigate criminal activity. Rarely, the police will go too far in their undercover investigations and actually induce an otherwise law-abiding person into committing a crime such as...