Blog: Understanding Canadian Criminal Law

Daniel Brown Law LLP is a Toronto-based boutique law firm specializing in criminal trials and appeals. We are looking for an associate lawyer to join our office. About Daniel Brown Law LLP: For nearly two decades, we have represented organizations and individuals in...

Daniel Brown Law LLP is thrilled to announce the addition of Maxime Bédard who joins us as an associate lawyer.Maxime’s defence practice focuses on both criminal trials and appeals. Prior to joining Daniel Brown Law, Maxime worked as a judicial law clerk for Justice...

Daniel Brown Law LLP is thrilled to announce the addition of two lawyers to the firm. Samantha Bondoux and Robert Nanni have joined us as associates.Samantha’s practice focuses on criminal trials and appeals and she represents those charged with or convicted of...

Are you a highly organized and detail-oriented individual with a passion for criminal law? Daniel Brown Law LLP, a Toronto-based law firm specializing in criminal trials and appeals is currently seeking a motivated and skilled Legal Assistant to join our team. As a...

Forcible Confinement Lawyers Toronto - How to Defend Forcible Confinement Charges  Forcible confinement is a serious offence under Canadian criminal law, and can result in severe legal consequences if convicted. In this blog post, we will explore the legal definition...

Daniel Brown Law LLP is thrilled to announce the addition of Teodora Pasca who joins us as an associate.Teodora’s practice focuses on criminal trials and appeals. She believes everyone in the criminal justice system should be treated with dignity and respect, and...

Thursday morning, the Supreme Court of Canada released its much-anticipated decision regarding the constitutionality of the Bill C-51 Amendments. In R v. J.J. ,the majority decision upheld the amendments as constitutional in their entirety, while at the same time...

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 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 in Toronto In Canada, it is important to understand that threatening someone, whether it be verbally or in writing, can result in serious consequences. In fact, uttering threats is considered a criminal offence under section 264.1 of...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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 Voyeurism was added as a charge 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...

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...

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...

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...