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  • Smuggling charges dropped after Windsor truck driver was illegally strip searched

    Jason Dos Santos · CBC News Network · Hanomansing Tonight

    Jason Dos Santos interviewed on CBC News Network - Hanomansing Tonight
  • New justice minister arrives amid bail debate, vows fresh look at judicial vacancies

    Daniel Brown · CTV News

    Daniel Brown interviewed on CTV News
  • Toronto gym teacher’s sex assault case tossed for delay caused by overbooking trials

    Colleen McKeown · CTV News

    Colleen McKeown interviewed on CTV News
  • Murder trial begins virtually as Ontario courts move online

    Lindsay Board · CBC News Network

    Lindsay Board interviewed on CBC News Network
  • Extradition case tests how far Canada will go for an ally

    James Bray · Global News

    James Bray interviewed on Global News
  • Do we need laws preventing protesters from blocking hospitals?

    Trevin David · CTV Your Morning

    Trevin David interviewed on CTV Your Morning

August 27th, 2026, CBC Metro Morning Bail for cash: is it really getting tough on crime? (Hilary Dudding interviewed)

August 7th, 2026, Toronto Star Salsa on St. Clair shooting: Toronto police charge 2 men with 1st-degree murder in ‘act of extraordinary violence’ that left 2 dead (Daniel Brown quoted)

July 28th, 2026, Toronto Star Toronto gym teacher’s sex assault case tossed for delay caused by overbooking trials (Daniel Brown quoted)

July 14th, 2026, The Globe and Mail Deadly shooting at Toronto’s Salsa on St. Clair festival sparks demands for solutions (Hilary Dudding quoted)

July 14th, 2026, CBC News Network — Hanomansing Tonight Smuggling charges dropped after Windsor truck driver was illegally strip searched (Jason Dos Santos interviewed — segment begins 1:01:57)

July 13th, 2026, AM 1150 — The Early Edition Peter Nygård found guilty again: what the latest conviction means (Hilary Dudding interviewed)

July 3rd, 2026, Toronto Star ‘Horrendous’ Toronto police scandal allegations linked to Ryan Wedding cocaine case in new Project South documents (Jason Dos Santos quoted)

June 19th, 2026, Toronto Star Verdict coming today at billionaire Frank Stronach's Toronto sex assault trial. Here's what you need to know (Daniel Brown quoted)

June 16th, 2026, CBC Metro Morning The legal complications surrounding an alleged stolen car and an attempted murder charge involving a 12-year-old child (Hilary Dudding)

June 1st, 2026, Canadian Lawyer Magazine CL Top Criminal Law Boutiques 2026–27 — Daniel Brown Law LLP

June 1st, 2026, Canadian Lawyer Magazine Top Criminal Law Firms in Canada

April 29th, 2026, CBC News Toronto cop at centre of corruption probe denied bail again (Jason Dos Santos quoted)

April 16th, 2026, The Globe and Mail Frank Stronach trial: challenge of historic sexual assault cases (Daniel Brown quoted)

March 20th, 2026, CBC Front Burner The bail backlash (Hilary Dudding interviewed)

March 16th, 2026, Toronto Star What the Frank Stronach trial is telling us about how Ontario police investigate historical sex assault allegations

March 15th, 2026, Toronto Star Maplehurst jail conditions so ‘unusually harsh’ this drug offender must be released into the community: Ontario’s top judge

March 8th, 2026, Toronto Star The Frank Stronach trial: Here are the key takeaways from the testimonies of the seven women accusing Ontario billionaire of rape, sexual assault

December 16th, 2025, Toronto Star The Thorncliffe Park condo fire, 18 days later + Crown tells jury to reject a drug-dealer’s self-defence claim

October 22nd, 2025, The Sarnia Observer Crown appeal heard, decision coming in Trowbridge acquittal

September 17th, 2025, Toronto Star Hundreds of driving conviction appeals tossed after Toronto-area paralegal files ‘sham’ challenges

August 21st, 2025, Toronto Star Canadian government will not appeal sexual assault acquittal of 5 hockey players, lawyer says

August 21st, 2025, Toronto Star Crown won’t appeal hockey players’ acquittals on sex assault charges: defence lawyer

August 21st, 2025, The Globe and Mail Hockey Canada trial: Crown weighs appeal of sexual assault verdict

July 26th, 2025, Toronto Star Anatomy of an acquittal: How the Hockey Canada sexual assault case fell apart

July 25th, 2025, Toronto Star All five players found not guilty at Hockey Canada sexual assault trial: ‘I do not find the evidence either credible or reliable’

July 25th, 2025, Toronto Star A timeline of sexual assault allegations against former Hockey Canada junior players

July 24th, 2025, Toronto Star Here’s how key people reacted after five hockey players were acquitted of sex assault

July 24th, 2025, Toronto Star Formenton’s lawyer says all former defendants remain scarred

July 24th, 2025, Toronto Star The latest as judge acquits five hockey players in sexual assault trial

July 24th, 2025, Sportsnet Formenton’s lawyer Daniel Brown addresses media after London trial verdict

July 24th, 2025, CBC News Daniel Brown speaks to CBC News on Hockey Canada trial verdict

July 24th, 2025, CTV News London Recap: Here's what court heard about each of the 5 accused in the hockey players sex assault trial

July 24th, 2025, CTV News London Defence lawyer Daniel Brown speaks after Hockey Canada trial verdict (video)

July 24th, 2025, The Globe and Mail Hockey Canada sexual assault trial verdict: what to know

July 24th, 2025, The Globe and Mail Hockey Canada sexual assault trial verdict: live updates and reactions

July 24th, 2025, The Globe and Mail Hockey Canada sexual assault trial verdict: all five not guilty

July 24th, 2025, The Globe and Mail (opinion) Hockey Canada trial verdict: sexual assault, #MeToo, and the question of consent

July 24th, 2025, CTV News London All 5 players acquitted in Hockey Canada sex assault case ruled ineligible to play by NHL

July 24th, 2025, CTV News London Here's what the defence lawyers and the hockey world are saying about the not-guilty verdict

July 23rd, 2025, Toronto Star ‘She’s come a long way’: Lawyer for woman who sued Hockey Canada reflects ahead of verdicts Thursday in sexual assault trial

July 23rd, 2025, Toronto Star A timeline of sexual assault allegations against former Hockey Canada junior players

July 23rd, 2025, Toronto Star Hockey players’ sex assault trial: What court heard about each of the 5 accused

July 23rd, 2025, Toronto Star Judge set to deliver ruling after turbulent sexual assault trial of five hockey players

July 22nd, 2025, Toronto Star Hockey Canada sexual assault trial: A timeline of legal proceedings that unfolded in a London, Ont. courthouse

June 23rd, 2025, Toronto Star Hockey Canada complainant lied under oath, defence says, as judge sets July 24 as date for verdict

June 13th, 2025, Toronto Star Defence takes aim at complainant’s credibility in hockey players’ sex assault trial

June 13th, 2025, The Globe and Mail Hockey Canada sex assault trial: closing arguments

June 12th, 2025, The Globe and Mail Hockey Canada trial: defence closing arguments continue

June 11th, 2025, The Globe and Mail Defence lawyers in Hockey Canada trial assert complainant — not players — directed events

June 9th, 2025, The Globe and Mail Crown attorney in Hockey Canada trial says accused lied repeatedly to police

June 5th, 2025, Toronto Star Complainant ‘actually quite upset’ police reopened Hockey Canada sex assault case, London detective testifies

June 4th, 2025, The Globe and Mail Defence rests in Hockey Canada trial

June 2nd, 2025, The Hockey News Hockey Canada sexual assault trial: defence suggests E.M. shifts persona when she drinks

May 30th, 2025, CTV News London Who is to blame? Defence questions complainant in sex assault trial of former junior hockey players

May 29th, 2025, Toronto Star Hockey players’ trial hears interviews two accused gave to police in 2018

May 29th, 2025, TSN Alex Formenton's lawyer accuses E.M. of lying under oath in London hockey trial

May 27th, 2025, The Globe and Mail Hockey Canada sex assault trial: detective questioned

May 22nd, 2025, Toronto Star Formenton asked for advice on way to bathroom with complainant, ex-teammate testifies

May 22nd, 2025, The Globe and Mail Defence lawyer in Hockey Canada sex assault trial challenges complainant

May 20th, 2025, The Athletic / The New York Times Hockey Canada sexual assault trial to proceed judge-alone

May 16th, 2025, Toronto Star To the second failed jury of the Hockey Canada trial: goodbye and good riddance

May 16th, 2025, Toronto Star Judge dismisses jury in Canadian hockey sexual assault case after complaint about defence behaviour

May 8th, 2025, CBC News Ontario police stop drivers searching for stolen car fobs amid auto theft crackdown

May 8th, 2025, Toronto Star Hockey Canada interviews among evidence excluded from ex junior players jury trial

April 22nd, 2025, The Globe and Mail Who is Daniel Brown, defence lawyer in the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial

April 20th, 2025, Sportsnet What to know about the upcoming 2018 World Juniors trial

April 15th, 2024, CTV News A timeline of sexual assault allegations against former Hockey Canada junior players

April 8th, 2024, CBC News Multiple murderer loses bid to appeal attempted murder conviction

March 15th, 2024, Toronto Star Getting an education lowers a prisoner’s likelihood of reoffending. So why does Canada make it nearly impossible for inmates to take online courses?

March 14th, 2024, The Globe & Mail Supreme Court ruling on sexual-assault myths unfairly biased against defendants, lawyers argue

March 7th, 2024, Ottawa Citizen Convicted killer Ian Bush launches second appeal for attempted murder in home invasion, robbery of war veteran

March 5th, 2024, Ottawa Citizen Ian Bush seeking new trial for 2007 triple murder, 2014 attempted murder of war veteran

February 28th, 2024, The Globe & Mail Former members of 2018 Canadian world junior hockey team elect jury trial in sexual assault case

February 16th, 2024, Law Times Good relationship with accused doesn't aid reliability of sexual-assault complainant's memory: Court

February 5th, 2024, CBC News Junior hockey player Alex Formenton charged — Daniel Brown represents the accused

February 1st, 2024, Toronto Star Kenneth Law returns to court Thursday on upgraded charges

January 28th, 2024, The Globe & Mail Former NHLer Alex Formenton among Canada’s 2018 world junior players facing charges over sexual-assault allegations

January 28th, 2024, The Athletic / The New York Times Alex Formenton facing London police charges in Hockey Canada investigation

January 4th, 2024, CBC News Muslim family's kin grieves 'theft of precious life' as convicted killer's sentencing in London, Ont., begins

December 11th, 2023, The Globe & Mail Kenneth Law charged with 14 counts of second-degree murder, an upgrade of previous charges

November 23rd, 2023, Toronto Star Five victims. Bail for the alleged gunman: The rare inside details behind this Toronto court decision

November 15th, 2023, Toronto Star Man arrested on ‘suspicion for manslaughter’ in on-ice death of hockey player Adam Johnson released on bail

November 14th, 2023, Toronto Star Nygard sentence to 'set the tone' for similar cases, expert says

October 23rd, 2023, Toronto Star Staffing crisis at new Toronto court resolved as cases continue to be tossed for delay

October 21st, 2023, Toronto Star An ‘addiction’ to far-right hate: Accused terrorist Nathaniel Veltman’s defence comes into view

October 7th, 2023, Toronto Star Can you fly with weed in your luggage? Drive with pot in the car? Here’s a refresher on Canada’s cannabis laws

September 26th, 2023, Toronto Star Our justice system has lurched into total dysfunction

September 20th, 2023, The Globe & Mail Ottawa’s bail reform legislation lands in the Senate, but critics question quick House passage

September 19th, 2023, The Globe & Mail Civil liberties, justice reform groups troubled by House's fast-tracking of bail bill

September 14th, 2023, CBC News Staffing crisis at new Toronto court resolved as cases continue to be tossed for delay

September 13th, 2023, The Globe & Mail Asbestos, mould, gas leaks in Milton courthouse force closure of in-person hearings

September 13th, 2023, The Globe & Mail Criminal cases in Ontario on verge of collapse owing to courthouse chaos

September 11th, 2023, Toronto Star Sex assault case tossed for delay amid staffing ‘havoc’ at new Toronto courthouse

September 8th, 2023, Toronto Star ‘Tip of the iceberg’: Impaired driving case collapses over chronic staff shortages at new Toronto courthouse

September 7th, 2023, Toronto Star ‘These are young, young people’: Girl, 12, dead in Scarborough stabbing. Boy, 12, charged with murder

September 1st, 2023, Toronto Star ‘Pistol-whipping a white woman’: Ontario judge who made ‘racist, xenophobic’ comments is reprimanded in secret

August 29th, 2023, Toronto Star Man guilty of TTC assaults a ‘danger to the public’ without antipsychotic treatment, judge finds

August 7th, 2023, Toronto Star Ontario drug case collapses after police call defence counsel a ‘gangster lawyer’

August 2nd, 2023, Toronto Star David Lametti’s legacy as justice minister is worth protecting

July 28th, 2023, CTV News New justice minister arrives amid bail debate, vows fresh look at judicial vacancies

July 27th, 2023, The Globe & Mail Trudeau’s cabinet shuffle leaves new justice minister with challenging portfolio

July 27th, 2023, Montreal Gazette David Lametti’s legacy as justice minister is advancing cause of wrongfully convicted

July 19th, 2023, Toronto Star Ottawa unveils ‘meaningful and much-needed’ bail reforms in the face of ‘catch and release’ criticism

July 19th, 2023, Toronto Star Inside the trail of offences that allegedly ended in an ‘unprovoked’ killing on the TTC

July 2nd, 2023, Toronto Star ‘COVID is not a magic incantation’: Judges toss sex assault, firearms cases, warning against using the pandemic as an excuse for delay

June 28th, 2023, Toronto Star GTA robbery case tossed over 17-day wait for bail hearing; lawyers warn of ‘ripple effect’

June 16th, 2023, Toronto Star Man acquitted after Toronto cops mute body cameras during arrest

June 7th, 2023, Toronto Star Man who allegedly threatened Toronto mayoral candidates released on bail

May 22nd, 2023, The Globe & Mail Federal judge vacancies lead to delayed prosecutions as courts deal with pandemic backlog

May 16th, 2023, The Globe & Mail Ottawa aims to toughen bail law for repeat violent offenders

May 10th, 2023, The Globe & Mail Man charged with first-degree murder in death of OPP officer Sgt. Eric Mueller

May 1st, 2023, Toronto Star Ontario appoints next provincial court chief justice

April 27th, 2023, Global News Ontario to create bail compliance teams, premier says

April 23rd, 2023, The Globe & Mail Sex offender registry revamp would leave length of registration up to judges

April 14th, 2023, Toronto Star ‘More cases will just be thrown out’: Toronto’s new courthouse hit by delays and staff shortages

April 11th, 2023, Toronto Star While judicial complaints must be rigorously investigated, this should initially take place in private

March 24th, 2023, Toronto Star ‘Fraudulent non-disclosure’: Massive Toronto police drug case collapsed amid allegations officers misled court

March 16th, 2023, The Globe & Mail Supreme Court must decide how many judges will sit for pivotal federalism case

March 1st, 2023, Toronto Star Justice Minister David Lametti gets Wrongful Convictions Commission mostly right

February 28th, 2023, Toronto Star ‘Fundamentally unfair’: Judges slam cost and delays with ‘essential’ anti-Black racism reports

February 1st, 2023, Toronto Star Judge tosses attempted murder charge in latest of four gun cases to collapse over Toronto police conduct

February 1st, 2023, Toronto Star Photo radar said the car was going more than 70 km/h over the limit. How the owner fought the charge — and won

January 17th, 2023, The Globe & Mail Premiers want Ottawa to fix the bail system, but are provinces doing enough?

January 16th, 2023, The Globe & Mail Trudeau says Ottawa looking at bail reform after letter from premiers demands action

January 12th, 2023, Toronto Star With wait times already stretching into 2025, lawyers urge Ottawa to quickly appoint more judges

January 4th, 2023, The Globe & Mail Supreme Court’s decision to strike down life-without-parole law leads to sentencing changes

January 4th, 2023, Toronto Star Is Ontario’s bail system broken?

December 20th, 2022, Toronto Star ‘He’ll bring brilliance’: Michael Tulloch becomes first Black Chief Justice of Ontario

December 7th, 2022, Law Times OCA orders new trial for accused whose lawyer ‘conscripted him into assisting his own prosecution’

December 1st, 2022, Toronto Star Long-awaited reforms to criminal sentencing are also sound public health policy

November 14th, 2022, Toronto Star Two arrested in raid on Queen Street West magic mushroom dispensary

October 18th, 2022, Toronto Star Criminal Lawyers’ Association calling on Ontario for more funding for legal aid

October 11th, 2022, Toronto Star Ottawa urged to review past HIV cases for wrongful convictions

October 4th, 2022, Toronto Star ‘A gross breach’: Impaired driving case tossed after Peel police record conversation with lawyer

September 12th, 2022, Toronto Star Starving legal aid is threatening Ontario’s justice system

September 2nd, 2022, Toronto Star Ontario Court of Appeal catches up with HIV science in voiding decade-old sexual assault conviction

August 31st, 2022, Toronto Star OPP officers charged with manslaughter in fatal shooting of baby in Kawartha Lakes

July 11th, 2022, Toronto Star Crime and endless punishment: Denying multiple killers the chance of parole also denies the principles of our justice system

July 5th, 2022, Toronto Star Unjust invasions happening across Canada as police mislead courts, bungle warrants and violate suspects’ rights

July 2nd, 2022, Toronto Star The Saturday Debate: Should extremely intoxicated people be legally responsible for their actions?

June 30th, 2022, Toronto Star Canada’s top court upholds key rape shield law protections

June 30th, 2022, National Post Expanded rape shield laws are constitutional, Supreme Court of Canada says

June 7th, 2022, Global News Hoggard case highlights need for clarity on reforms to sex assault trials: experts

June 6th, 2022, Toronto Star How to understand the jury’s split verdict in the sex assault trial of Hedley’s Jacob Hoggard

May 16th, 2022, Toronto Star Driver gets 17 years for ‘catastrophic’ crash that killed GTA mom, her three daughters

May 13th, 2022, Toronto Star Law barring use of extreme intoxication as criminal defence unconstitutional: SCC

March 14th, 2022, Globe & Mail Courts will have to consider reasonableness of delays during COVID-19, experts say

March 4th, 2022, Toronto Star Ontario police conducting unlawful searches for cannabis, defence lawyers say

February 22, 2022, Toronto Star ‘Ottawa organizer Tamara Lich denied bail as court cases reveal who was behind the protests

February 17th, 2022, Toronto Star A sex assault victim says a Toronto cop pushed her to drop the case. Was he trying to protect a child-rapist confidential informant?

January 6th, 2022, Toronto Star Outbreaks of COVID-19 in Ontario jails spike

December 9th, 2021, Toronto Star Canada needs a new commission to review claims of wrongful conviction, former judges say

December 7th, 2021, Toronto Star Liberals’ bill to tackle over-incarceration of Indigenous and Black people called a missed opportunity

December 6th, 2021, Toronto Star More than 120 off work at GTA jail after health unit bars unvaccinated staff

December 6th, 2021, Toronto Star Politicians harm system and themselves with thoughtless criticism of bail ruling

November 24th, 2021, Toronto Star Liberals want to ban conversion therapy for children. Are adults next?

November 12th, 2021, Toronto Star Ontario’s attack on legal aid is unprincipled and ineffective

November 1st, 2021, CBC News Invest in legal aid, defence lawyers tell Ontario in trying to clear big court backlog

October 27th, 2021, Toronto Star Indigenous leaders want independent criminal probes into residential schools

October 20th, 2021, Toronto Star Brampton man acquitted of murder in nightclub shooting of Jordan Buchner, 23

October 1st, 2021, CBC News Peter Nygard charged with sexual assault, forcible confinement by Toronto police

September 29th, 2021, Toronto Star Liberals expected to tackle online hate, conversion therapy in next government’s first 100 days

September 14th, 2021, CTV News Do we need laws preventing protesters from blocking hospitals?

September 13th, 2021, CTV News Liberals would make it a criminal offence to block health-care buildings, threaten workers

September 7th, 2021, CBC News Drug possession charges dropped across Ontario at an unprecedented rate

September 4th, 2021, Toronto Star Too many Indigenous and Black people are in Canada’s prisons. Here’s how the parties will — or won’t — fix that

August 26th, 2021, Toronto Star Jury duty? In Ontario, you can’t be sure the other jurors will be vaccinated

August 24th, 2021, Globe & Mail Toronto businesswoman cleared of charges related to fatal laneway collision

August 23rd, 2021, Globe & Mail Nova Scotia Court of Appeal rules to consider history of racism, marginalization in cases

August 22nd, 2021, Toronto Star Toronto woman cleared in hit-and-run case won’t shy away from being a Good Samaritan again. ‘I don’t really see how I could have done it differently’

July 23rd, 2021, Global News Are fake vaccine cards being used to enter Canada?

July 19th, 2021, Toronto Star Anti-Black racism can (and should) be a factor, court says upholding cop’s jail sentence in Dafonte Miller beating.

July 15th, 2021, Toronto Star Former chief of defence staff Jonathan Vance charged with obstruction of justice

June 30th, 2021, Toronto Star ‘A hollow promise’: Advocates decry Liberals’ lack of action on criminal justice reform

June 25th, 2021, Toronto Star Ottawa’s changes ‘will go a long way’ to diversifying juries, Supreme Court ruling says

June 7th, 2021, CBA National Magazine The meaning of life

May 30th, 2021, Toronto Star Volunteers go behind bars to convince inmates of the value of getting the COVID-19 vaccine

April 16th, 2021, Toronto Star Civil liberties watchdogs say stay-at-home order opens door to ‘return to carding’

April 5th, 2021, Toronto Star Canada should follow U.K. lead on wrongful conviction reform’

March 30th, 2021, City News Video of student-on-student St. Mike's sexual assault could be thrown out as evidence

March 26th, 2021, City News 'What do you have to hide?' Demographic data on jurors in Canada lacking

March 22nd, 2021, The Lawyer's Daily Judge exceeded bounds of judicial notice, Appeal Court rules in ordering new trial

March 11th, 2021, Toronto Star Ontario government’s changes to how judges are named opens the door to patronage appointments, legal organizations argue

March 9th, 2021, Toronto Star Toronto cop appeals jail sentence for assault. Video shows he Tasered prone man, then kicked him while handcuffed

March 4th, 2021, Toronto Star Too many Black and Indigenous people are in prison. Researchers say mandatory minimum sentences are part of the problem

March 3rd, 2021, CP24 Judge rules Minassian criminally responsible for Toronto van attack, guilty on all 26 counts

March 3rd, 2021, National Post Man guilty of murder in Toronto van attack, likely to face life in prison

March 2nd, 2021, Toronto Star Judge tosses gun case over delays at Brampton courthouse

February 24th, 2021, Toronto Star Drunk driver Marco Muzzo’s desire to return to York Region shows he needs ‘victim empathy,’ parole board says

February 22nd, 2021, Toronto Star An end to mandatory minimum sentences

February 22nd, 2021, Law Times Independence of judicial appointment process is 'under attack,' says Criminal Lawyers' Association

February 18th, 2021, Toronto Star Ottawa tables bill to tackle overrepresentation of Black and Indigenous people in the justice system

February 16th, 2021, Toronto Star Ontario government says it will improve diversity with changes to the way provincial court judges are appointed

February 9th, 2021, Toronto Star Drunk driver Marco Muzzo, who killed three children and their grandfather, is granted full parole

February 6th, 2021, Toronto Star Ontario’s court transcriptionists are struggling with ‘horrible’ audio quality at Zoom hearings

February 3rd, 2021, Toronto Star Tackle systemic discrimination in Canadian courts, Justin Trudeau tells justice minister

January 20th, 2021, Globe and Mail Toronto police charge gun smuggler in connection with 2019 death

January 16th, 2021, Globe and Mail "How can police best serve and protect on mental-health crisis calls?"

December 13th, 2020, The Lawyers Daily Verdict expected in trial of man who threw trailer hitch at Indigenous woman

December 7th, 2020, The Lawyers Daily Reopening of Ontario appeal clarifies when a decision is functus officio, lawyer says

November 9th, 2020, National Post Not criminally responsible: Alek Minassian's likely defence in Toronto van attack trial, explained

November 2nd, 2020, Law Times Court of Appeal sets aside child-luring convictions, orders new trial

November 2nd, 2020, Law Times Court of Appeal sets aside child-luring convictions, orders new trial

October 8th, 2020, Toronto Star College Street Bar sex assault convictions among dozens that can’t be retried over jury selection, Supreme Court rules

September 22nd, 2020, Toronto Star Peel courts pivot to ease COVID-19 backlogs and preserve right to trial in a reasonable time

September 16th, 2020, CTV News Toronto convention centre to serve as backup location for jury selection

September 10th, 2020, The Lawyer's Daily Ontario jury trials set to resume next week with jury selection at convention centre

August 25th, 2020, Toronto Star Toronto cop challenges verdict in Dafonte Miller beating, says assault conviction should be tossed

August 23rd, 2020, Toronto Star Facing a huge COVID-19 backlog, prosecutors are quietly diverting more drug possession and impaired driving charges from criminal court

August 22nd, 2020, Toronto Star Who wants to be a juror in a pandemic? Inside the push to resume jury trials in Ontario

August 20th, 2020, Huffington Post Canada’s Prosecutors Take ‘Historic’ Step Towards Decriminalizing Drugs

August 13th, 2020, Brampton Guardian COVID-19 shouldn’t be factor in bail for violent offenders, says Brampton mayor

July 19th, 2020, Toronto Star Inside Ontario’s first major criminal trial by Zoom

July 6th, 2020, National Post Lawyers complain of working conditions as Ontario courthouses reopen

July 5th, 2020, Toronto Star Thousands watched the Theriault decision and city council’s police debate online. Is livestreaming the future of democracy?

June 29th, 2020, Toronto Star As Ontario courts get set to reopen, union says COVID-19 safety measures not enough

June 10th, 2020, Toronto Star Racism in criminal justice system: there is nothing left to say; there is everything left to do

May 21, 2020, CBA National The retrospectivity of ending peremptory challenges

May 16th, 2020, The Guardian Former Calgary remand inmate says COVID-19 safety measures are insufficient

May 15th, 2020, The Lawyer's Daily 'Bail, sentencing impacted as jail could be ‘death sentence’ during pandemic, lawyer says

May 12th, 2020, CBA National Doing better for the young out of work

April 30th, 2020, Toronto Star Ontario’s prisons should not keep relying on solitary confinement

April 22nd, 2020, Global News How a real uniform and replica police car helped the Nova Scotia gunman go undetected

April 20th, 2020, Globe and Mail Toronto police arrest accused arsonist for alleged killing of Good Samaritan who took him in

April 20th, 2020, Toronto Star Eight staff, 60 inmates test positive for COVID-19 at Brampton jail. Inmates transferred to Toronto South Detention Centre

April 18th, 2020, Toronto Star Pandemic leaves criminal lawyers out of work and without help

April 17th, 2020, York Region News "'Dire times': Courts struggle with bail, technology as COVID-19 pandemic lingers"

April 12th, 2020, CBC 'No jobs left to be found': Edmonton lawyer launches internship project in response to COVID-19

April 9th, 2020, Toronto Star COVID-19 is revealing a ‘momentous divide’ among Ontario judges on whether to release more accused people on bail

April 6th, 2020, Toronto Star Canada’s courts should keep the technological advances they’re making to cope with COVID-19

March 25th, 2020, Reuters Lock 'em up or let 'em out? Coronavirus prompts wave of prisoner releases

March 24th, 2020, National Post Canada lawyers, prosecutors scramble to get inmates out of jail

March 14th, 2020, Toronto Star ‘This will spread very fast’: Correctional staff warn they won’t be able to stop COVID-19 if it gets into Ontario jails

March 14th, 2020, CTV News Canadian prisons to limit outside visits to stem tide of coronavirus

March 13th, 2020, National Post COVID-19 measures could have lasting impact on Ontario courts: experts

March 13th, 2020, Toronto Sun COVID-19 disrupts courts, stalls ongoing Toronto murder trial until June

March 12th, 2020, Toronto Star Jury trials in Ontario suspended due to COVID-19 outbreak, while trials underway continue at judge’s discretion

March 4th, 2020, Toronto Star Ruling on juries could overturn 15 Ontario homicide convictions, Crown says in Supreme Court filing

February 29th, 2020, Toronto Star This GTA teacher was accused of sexually assaulting a student. Now the charges are dropped, but can life go back to normal?

February 25th, 2020, Toronto Sun Photographer cleared of child sex abuse allegations in BDSM case

February 13th, 2020, Toronto Star Crown asks Supreme Court to rule on decision that has upended dozens of Ontario criminal cases

February 7th, 2020, Toronto Star What’s behind #chairgirl and a Toronto rapper’s coronavirus hoax? Social media makes fame easier to pursue, experts say

January 30th, 2020, Toronto Star Appeal ruling may force new trials in 35 already completed Ontario criminal cases, courts say

January 24th, 2020, Toronto Star Dozens of criminal convictions may be headed for costly and lengthy new trials following court ruling

January 24th, 2020, Global News Man convicted in murder of Toronto grandmother planning appeal after Ontario court ruling

January 23rd, 2020, Globe & Mail Dozens of Ontario criminal convictions at risk after Court of Appeal ruling on juries

January 23rd, 2020, National Post Recent Ontario criminal cases could require retrial after court rules new jury selection rules were misapplied

January 23th, 2020, Globe & Mail Dozens of Ontario criminal convictions at risk after Court of Appeal ruling on juries

January 16th, 2020, National Post Digital evidence a 'double-edged sword' in sexual crime cases: experts

January 7th, 2020, CTV News Canadian legal experts say #MeToo transcends Harvey Weinstein trial

December 23rd, 2019, Toronto Star Judges and Crowns regularly send still-innocent people to places like the Toronto South Detention Centre. Should they have to know what that feels like?

December 4th, 2019, CP24 191 cases dropped in Ontario due to court delays since 2016, AG says

December 4th, 2019, Toronto Star Judges and Ontario government ‘consistently hampered’ audit of justice system delays, auditor general says

November 19th, 2019, National Post Appeal court rules on how changes to legal process should be applied in Ontario

October 24th, 2019, Toronto Star Can legal aid be improved while its budget is slashed? Ontario’s attorney general says yes

October 18th, 2019, Globe & Mail Bail system scrutinized by police as Canada’s major cities grapple with surge in gang violence

October 17th, 2019, CBC News 'Vibrant' black market persists as legal pot marks its first full year in Canada

October 14th, 2019, National Magazine Will the Canadian government ever deliver on justice reform?

September 24th, 2019, Toronto Star Kevin O’Leary’s wife charged in last month’s fatal boat crash in Muskoka area

August 30th, 2019, The Lawyer's Daily ‘Ontario Court of Appeal ruling in drug case ‘a strong statement denouncing racial profiling,’ lawyer says

August 29th, 2019, Toronto Star Blaming bail for gun crime is wrong place to start

August 16th, 2019, CTV News Family of Sammy Yatim angry over day parole granted to cop who shot teen

August 10th, 2019, CBC News 'Utter nonsense' that lenient bail system is a cause of Toronto shootings: lawyer

June 12th, 2019, CBC News Bail hearings will no longer be covered by Legal Aid Ontario

July 8th, 2019, The Lawyer's Daily Judge relied on ‘assumptions’ of complainant behaviour in sexual assault case, court rules

June 6th, 2019, Globe & Mail Toronto man charged over vulgar comments on live TV after Raptors game

May 22nd, 2019, City News 'Criminal charges rare for bartenders in drunk driving cases, legal experts say

May 13th, 2019, Law Times Criminal Lawyers Association launches old-robe clothing drive

May 3rd, 2019, Toronto Star Legal aid helps Doug Ford’s ‘little guy’ and it needs his help

March 21st, 2019, CBC News Judge considers 'shockingly high' sentence request for truck driver in Humboldt bus crash

March 15th, 2019, Canadian Lawyer Magazine SCC strikes down 'reasonable belief' requirement in Criminal Code for child-luring cases

March 5th, 2019, Toronto Star Senior judge slams ‘unacceptable’ lockdowns at crowded Toronto South Detention Centre

February 16th, 2019, The Lawyers Daily Toronto woman in chair-throwing case faced ‘peer pressure,’ lawyer says. Will this fly in court?

February 14th, 2019, Hamilton Spectator "‘Nothing disappears’: Why social media shaming may have lasting consequences for Toronto’s #chairgirl"

February 14th, 2019, Globe & Mail Privacy advocates applaud Toronto police for abandoning ShotSpotter technology

February 7th, 2019, National Post Tale of prosecutorial interference a mortal threat to the Trudeau brand

February 6th, 2019, CBC News 'People remember': Brother of slain police officer wants killer kept in jail

February 1st, 2019, Edmonton Sun Fate of truck driver in Humboldt bus crash will test sentencing system: experts

January 29th, 2019, Canadian Lawyer Magazine Adult criminal and youth court stats show increase in delays

January 28th, 2019, CTV News Broncos crash: What will go into sentencing Jaskirat Singh Sidhu?

January 28th, 2019, CTV Your Morning Humbolt driver sentencing begins today

January 21st, 2019, The Lawyers Daily Lawyers wait to see how police use new powers to test drunk driving

January 16th, 2019, Toronto Star Wilson-Raybould’s regrettable legacy as justice minister

January 11th, 2019, CBC Toronto Canadians could now be charged with drunk driving — even if not drunk, lawyers warn

January 7th, 2019, Canadian Lawyer Magazine Sexual assault cases to come before SCC

January 3rd,2019, Toronto Star Premier Ford can support ‘the people’ by ending police carding

January 3rd, 2019, Canadian Lawyer Action needed on pardon system, say criminal lawyers

November 19th, 2018, Toronto Star Judge blasts province’s ‘unconscionable’ inaction on cramped Brampton courthouse, leading to ‘unacceptable’ hearing delays

November 19th, 2018, Canadian Lawyer Magazine Judge blasts province of Ontario for problems with Brampton courthouse

November 14th, 2018, Canadian Lawyer Magazine Court awards Hamilton man $49K in case against Hamilton police

November 7th, 2018, CTV Your Morning Marco Muzzo parole hearing set for today

November 7th, 2018, CBC Metro Morning Lawyer Daniel Brown on Marco Muzzo's request for day parole

November 6th, 2018, Toronto Star Judge vents frustration over Superior Court vacancies, which critics say may cause more criminal charges to be tossed

October 29th, 2018, Toronto Star Don’t try youth offences at massive new Toronto courthouse, advocates say

October 25th, 2018, Global News Convicted drunk driver Marco Muzzo who killed 4, set for parole hearing on Nov. 7

September 25th, 2018, Reuters Charges dropped against Astros closer Osuna

August 29th, 2018, USA Today Roberto Osuna opens up about domestic assault charge, second chance in Houston

August 13th, 2018, The National The home stretch: Delivering on justice reforms

August 13th, 2018, Toronto Star Ford’s aim way off on gun crime strategy

August 9th, 2018, Globe & Mail Tory asks Trudeau to end bail for repeat gun offenders

August 6th, 2018, Toronto Star Ford’s aim way off on gun crime strategy

July 25th, 2018, Toronto Star Doug Ford, Caroline Mulroney must not scrap important criminal justice reforms

July 9th, 2018, Toronto Star ‘It’s actually shocking how archaic’ Ontario’s criminal courts are

May 22nd, 2018, Canadian Lawyer Magazine Protection against the state: Top 10 Criminal Law Boutiques

May 20th, 2018, Toronto Star What can Toronto police learn from the Golden State Killer case?

May 16th, 2018, The Lawyer's Daily Court of Appeal sets higher standard to protect injured workers from wrongful conviction, counsel says

May 3rd, 2018, Toronto Star Lovestruck juror is no grounds for appeal, court rules

May 1st, 2018, Canadian Lawyer Magazine Court denies Toronto officer's appeal, upholds sentence in Yatim case

April 30th, 2018, Toronto Star Court of Appeal upholds conviction for Toronto cop who shot Sammy Yatim

April 30th, 2018, CBC Metro Morning James Forcillo appeal heard today in Sammy Yatim case

April 28th, 2018, CBC News Ontario government to investigate jail leak about accused van attacker Alek Minassian

April 19th, 2018, Toronto Star Federal plan would kick paralegals, law students out of provincial courtrooms, critics say

April 18th, 2018, The Lawyer's Daily Police unlawfully present in operating room privacy issue in drug trial, says lawyer

March 29th, 2018, National Post Minister delivers much-needed kick in the pants to justice system

March 21st, 2018, CBC News Kalen Schlatter now facing 1st-degree murder charge in Tess Richey homicide, police say

March 21st, 2018, Toronto Star Charge upgraded for man accused of killing Tess Richey

February 14th, 2018, Globe & Mail Ruling by Ontario judge aims to make bail courts less risk-averse

February 8th, 2018, Globe & Mail Second murder case reinstated by courts after being dropped because of Jordan ruling on time limits

February 2nd, 2018, Toronto Star Toronto’s female elected officials face sexual harassment, threats on job

February 1st, 2018, Toronto Star Edward H. Royle firm to represent accused serial killer Bruce McArthur

January 31st, 2018, CBC Ontario Today What's the value of a victim impact statement?

January 30th, 2018, Toronto Star Trudeau government is falling short on justice reform

January 25th, 2018, Vice News What we’ve learned about Bruce McArthur, the alleged Gay Village killer

January 22nd, 2018, Toronto Star Accused killer Bruce McArthur’s 2003 assault conviction led to DNA order

December 17th, 2017Globe & Mail Dellen Millard’s jailhouse letters served as crucial evidence in Babcock murder trial

December 13th, 2017Toronto Star Charges dropped against Mustafa Ururyar, after sex assault conviction overturned

December 13th, 2017National Post Man accused of Mandi Gray sex assault finds it’s guilty until proven innocent

December 11th, 2017Lawyers Weekly Lawyers urge second look at HIV non-disclosure cases, convictions following report

December 1st, 2017Toronto Star Ontario to curb prosecution of HIV non-disclosure cases

November 30th, 2017National Post Swedish man gets 10 years in prison for raping Canadian girls — over the internet

November 27th, 2017Canadian Lawyer Magazine New drinking and driving rules bring mandatory alcohol screening to Canada

November 12th, 2017Toronto Star Experts divided over move to force patient to testify in doctor’s sex abuse case

November 9th, 2017Toronto Star Crown prosecutor withdraws criminal charges against Toronto cops accused of planting heroin

November 8th, 2017Macleans Magazine Accused killer Adam Picard, once freed over delays, launches Supreme Court appeal

November 7th, 2017Toronto Star Ontario must make bail reform meaningful

November 2nd, 2017Toronto Star New rules will require forensic labs to be accredited

October 29th, 2017Toronto Star Motherisk hair test rejected by judge — 22 years before scandal blew up

October 18th, 2017Global News Marco Muzzo can apply for temporary absence from prison

September 29th, 2017Toronto Star Crown wants Supreme Court to overturn ruling ordering new trial for accused Eaton Centre shooter

September 29th, 2017Toronto Star Bail extended for Const. James Forcible days before he was due to be jailed

September 27th, 2017Global News Mother remembers 3 kids killed by drunk driver Marco Muzzo on 2-year anniversary of crash

September 20th, 2017Toronto Star Judge tosses drug evidence, finds Toronto cops were ‘ignorant’ of strip search law

September 20th, 2017CBC Metro Morning Tougher penalties for driving while high

September 16th, 2017Toronto Star Justice Ian Nordheimer named to Ontario’s top court

September 13th, 2017Toronto Star Judges to preside over bail hearings at two courthouses

September 12th, 2017Globe & Mail "Ontario judge who wore Trump hat in court suspended for 30 days without pay"

September 11th, 2017Toronto Star Police who lie erode public faith in court system

September 7th, 2017The Lawyer's Daily Testimony of officers who face allegations poses challenge for lawyers

August 2nd, 2017Toronto Star Robert Nuttall, 67, was defence lawyer in some of Canada’s most famous murder trials

August 2nd, 2017Toronto Star Bail conditions relaxed for cop and brother accused in Whitby assault'

July 26th, 2017Toronto Star ‘You’re my angel, you saved me!,’ woman shouted to driver charged in fatal hit and run

July 25th, 2017CBC News Baby delivered by C-section after attack on mother is homicide victim under Canadian law

July 24th, 2017Global News Women surpass men as largest smugglers of cocaine at Canada’s airports: CBSA

July 20th, 2017Toronto Star Judge overturns ‘incomprehensible’ conviction of Mustafa Uruyar for alleged sex assault of Mandi Gray

July 20th, 2017Toronto Star Overturned verdict in Mandi Gray sex assault trial affects all parties, lawyer says

July 14th, 2017Toronto Star Lawyers weigh in on case of fatal hit-and-run driver who says he saved woman’s life

July 7th, 2017Toronto Star Canada's crime rate is falling — but drug charges are rising

July 6th, 2017Metro News 'The reality of racism': TPS data on marijuana arrests reveals stark racial divide

June 22nd, 2017Globe & Mail Supreme Court ruling emboldens prosecutors to fight dismissals if case is complex

June 8th, 2017CBC News Lawyers call some proposed changes to sexual assault law 'inexplicable,' possibly 'unconstitutional'

June 8th, 2017City News Concerns raised over police handling of officers’ sex assault investigation

June 6th, 2017Toronto Star Mother speaks out after SIU lays no charges in son’s police shooting death

May 17th, 2017Toronto Star Judge’s comments prompt Ontario’s top court to order new murder trial in rare move

April 13th, 2017Toronto Star Lawyer doubts new impaired driving bill will get past constitutional scrutiny

April 13th, 2017Toronto Star Ontario chief pathologist slammed by judge for offering ‘incorrect’ opinions in court

April 10th, 2017Toronto Star Ontario’s chance to fix police oversight

April 10th, 2017National Post Toronto-area killing reignites emotional debate: can an unborn fetus be a murder victim?

April 9th, 2017Globe & Mail Appeal of stayed murder charge to put trial time limits to test

April 7th, 2017, Toronto Star Ontario commits to releasing past and future SIU reports

March 26th, 2017, Toronto Sun Trial timelines cause headaches

March 19th, 2017, Toronto Star How an 'invented' Supreme Court ruling has rocked the Canadian justice system

March 17th, 2017Canadian Lawyer Magazine SCC clarifies exigent circumstances, confessions rule

March 17th, 2017, Hamilton Spectator Bail hearing scheduled for Ancaster 'hacker-for-hire'

March 16th, 2016Toronto Star Charges against Canadian arrested in Yahoo hack ‘politically motivated:’ lawyer

February 6th, 2017, CBC The Current Lawyers warn court delays are creating black hole in Canada's justice system

January 25th, 2017, CBC Toronto police can't stop you from filming them, nor seize your phone, lawyer says

January 24th, 2017, City News Your Video Rights

January 10th, 2016, Canadian Lawyer Magazine Judge orders young offender records be produced in class action

January 5th, 2017, Toronto Star The Hamilton judge who wore a ‘Make America Great Again’ hat in court has been banned from trying cases

January 5th, 2017, Globe and Mail Hamilton judge who wore Trump hat in court no longer being assigned cases

January 2nd, 2017, Law Times Ruling explores entrapment in the digital realm

December 1st, 2016, Toronto Star Ontario to tackle court delays by hiring more judges, prosecutors

December 1st, 2016, CBC Here and Now Legal system hirings

November 22nd, 2016, Vice News Unreasonable delay

October 25th, 2016, Toronto Star Wrong verdict for the wrongfully convicted

October 24th, 2016, Globe and Mail RCMP allowed car involved in Boushie shooting out of its custody

October 21st, 2016, Toronto Star Innocence Canada becoming ‘shadow of its former self’

October 19th, 2016, Toronto Star Juror in Tori Stafford murder trial says graphic evidence left her traumatized

October 19th, 2016, Toronto Star Toronto Police forensics clerk charged with illegally accessing files

October 16th, 2016, Toronto Star Courts scramble under new rules on trial delays

October 7th, 2016, Toronto Star Toronto man cleared of charges he already served time for

September 17th, 2016, CBC News Robert Badgerow to stand trial for same murder charge for 4th time Monday

September 15th, 2016, Toronto Star Alberta boy, 12, who chased youth with knife sentenced to practise basketball

September 1st, 2016, Canadian Lawyer Magazine Lawyer escapes conviction for missing her client's court dates

August 4th, 2016, Toronto Star Waiter arrested after salmon dish puts man in a coma

July 29th, 2016, Globe and Mail Toronto cop Forcillo granted bail, returns to court in November

July 6th, 2016, Toronto Star Lawyer escapes conviction for missing her client's court dates

July 1st, 2016, Toronto Star Drunk-driving case tossed after Peel cops retain accused's turban

June 23rd, 2016, Metro News Judge refuses to recuse himself over complaint about his ‘scowling visage’

June 20th, 2016, Metro News Canadian marijuana cases go ahead, even for less than two grams

June 7th, 2016, Toronto Star Baby’s death could mean more charges in Rochelle Bobb murder

June 3rd, 2016, Toronto Star Toronto judge halts charges against man until government pays for lawyer

May 17th, 2016, Toronto Star Inmate suffering during lockdowns being used as a bargaining chip

May 12th, 2016, Toronto Star Judge awards Ontario inmates $85,000 over lockdowns

May 10th, 2016, CBC Metro Morning No Ghomeshi Trial

May 10th, 2016, Globe and Mail Explainer: Ghomeshi signs peace bond, charge withdrawn

May 10th, 2016, CBC News What is a peace bond? They're fairly common in criminal cases, defence lawyer says

April 30th, 2016, Toronto Star Judge heading police-oversight review praised for work ethic, experience

April 28th, 2016, Toronto Star Time to tear down last of the Tory crime agenda

April 13th, 2016, Toronto Star Troubled bail system a 'vicious circle’, experts say

March 30th, 2016, Vice News A Canadian Jail Is So Overcrowded That Inmates Have Been Sleeping in Showers

March 29th, 2016, CBC The Current Canada's bail system set up to fail, says criminal defence lawyer

March 28th, 2016, Toronto Star In Marco Muzzo case, what role does wealth play?

March 28th, 2016, Law Times New transcription process strained, say shorthand court reporters

March 22nd, 2016, CBC Metro Morning Lawyers on the impact of the Jian Ghomeshi trial

February 24th, 2016, CBC News Human traffickers, and how they could be named dangerous offenders

February 12th, 2016, Toronto Star Could Jian Ghomeshi trial have turned out differently?

February 12th, 2016, Toronto Star Head of Motherisk probe had ties to Sick Kids

February 11th, 2016, Toronto Sun Lawyers break down Ghomeshi trial

February 9th, 2016, Toronto Star Not testifying deemed a good call for Ghomeshi’s defence

February 8th, 2016, London Free Press Appeal lawyer goes to court over high cost of court transcript

February 6th, 2016, National Post Why Jian Ghomeshi’s defence puts an extreme focus on inconsistencies in witness stories

February 5th, 2016, Toronto Star Local defence lawyers see strong week for Jian Ghomeshi

February 4th, 2016, Toronto Star Marco Muzzo granted bail after guilty plea in impaired-driving deaths of 3 children, grandfather

February 2nd, 2016, Toronto Star Next steps in the Ghomeshi trial are tricky for the Crown

January 30th, 2016, Toronto Star A big question for Ghomeshi's defence: Should he testify?

January 29th, 2016, Toronto Star No more presumption of innocence for police

January 28th, 2016, Global News Jian Ghomeshi trial set to begin next week

January 27th, 2016, Toronto Star Tasering of Sammy Yatim after being shot might be a chargeable offence

January 27th, 2016, CBC News James Forcillo's time behind bars could be years away: lawyer

January 26th, 2015, CBC Radio: Metro Morning Forcillo Verdict?

January 25th, 2015, CBC Radio: Metro Morning Still No Verdict?

January 25th, 2016, Toronto Star ‘Mystery’ charge only one that sticks in Sammy Yatim slaying

January 21st, 2016, Toronto Star DNA match between fetus, murdered woman leaves unanswered questions

January 20th, 2016, Toronto Star What we didn’t know before the James Forcillo trial

January 11th, 2016, Law Times SickKids’ lab didn’t meet forensic-testing standards

January 7th, 2016, Toronto Star Ontario jail guards push to become 'essential service’ as strike deadline nears

January 7th, 2016Toronto Star Marco Muzzo to plead guilty in deadly Vaughan crash

December 29th, 2015, CBC Radio: Metro Morning Pot Pardons?,

December 29th, 2015, Toronto Star Junk science is undermining our justice system

December 17th, 2015, Toronto Star Damning review of Motherisk drug testing sparks call for second probe

December 15th, 2015, Toronto Star Mom charged with first-degree murder in death of boy, 2

December 14th, 2015, Law Times Criminal lawyers need to be online sleuths

December 13th, 2015Toronto Star Did Crown attorney accidentally steal juror’s heart?

November 26th, 2015Toronto Star No charges for Peel cops after shooting of man and innocent bystander

November 15th, 2015, Toronto Star Appeal court overturns lawyer's conviction for smuggling drugs into jail

October 5th, 2015, Toronto Star Justice is blind when it comes to Canadian jury selection

October 4th, 2015Toronto Star Where is the outrage?

September 30th, 2015, Toronto Star Judge cites jail lockdowns in delivering shorter sentence

September 30th, 2015, CBC News Pot possession charges increase 154 per cent in Hamilton since 2006

September 29th, 2015, Toronto Star Brampton school reeling after tragic deadly crash

September 14th, 2015, Law Times Judge issues stern warning about protecting informants

September 9th, 2015, Toronto Star Toronto criminal lawyer ‘had a good heart and very few social graces’

August 24th, 2015, Global News Victims of Ashley Madison website hack now the target of blackmail

July 15th, 2015, City News What happens when a handgun is fired by police?

July 15th, 2015, Toronto Star Cultural differences no excuse for domestic violence, judges rule

July 15th, 2015, Toronto Star Video ‘crucial’ to police investigations but police won’t release footage of McDonald’s shooting

July 15th, 2015, Toronto Star Secrecy shrouds decision not to lay charges in fatal McDonald’s shooting

July 14th, 2015, Toronto Star Fewer SIU cases opened in 2014-15, police watchdog reports

July 6th, 2015, Toronto Star Retrial ordered in ‘sexsomnia’ case

July 3rd, 2015, Toronto Star 'Sadistic, bored' Paul Bernardo applies for day parole: Lawyer

June 21st, 2015, Toronto Star Lawyer's ‘rude and angry’ response prompts drunk-driving acquittal

May 19th, 2015, CBC Metro Morning Body Camera Pilot Project

May 19th, 2015, Toronto Star Lawyer's ‘rude and angry’ response prompts drunk-driving acquittal

May 11th, 2015, National Post Parents treating epileptic girl with marijuana oil want the treatment to be legal

May 8th, 2015, Toronto Star Rob Ford friend Sandro Lisi cleared of all drug charges

May 1st, 2015, Toronto Star Legal scrappers Rocco Galati and Joseph Groia elected Law Society benchers

April 27th, 2015, Toronto Star Hearings into Justice of the Peace’s remarks should proceed, lawyer says

April 22nd, 2015, Toronto Star Judge blasts Toronto cop for ‘fabricating’ reason for search"

April 17th, 2015, Toronto Star Sick Kids shuts down hair tests at Motherisk lab

April 14th, 2015, Toronto Star Lawyer disbarred after faking favourable rulings for client

April 12th, 2015, Toronto Sun Fear the examiner, not the polygraph

April 1st, 2015, Toronto Star Scope of Motherisk review should be widened, say criminal lawyers

March 25th, 2015, Toronto Star Brampton judge blasts Ontario government over courtroom shortage

March 24th, 2015, Hamilton Spectator Halton judge tosses impaired driving case after lengthy delay

March 23rd, 2015, Toronto Star Guilty verdict overturned after judge consults Google Street View

March 12th, 2015, Toronto Star Motherisk review could have Canada-wide implications

March 2nd, 2015, Metro News Toronto’s ‘worst movers ever’ strike again

February 18th, 2015, Toronto Star Peel police change their story about arrest of lawyer

February 13th, 2015, National Post Criminal lawyers question why Toronto colleague was arrested inside courthouse for allegedly bringing in drugs

February 12th, 2015, Toronto Star Lawyer arrested at Brampton courthouse, charged with trafficking

December 19th, 2014, CTV Canada AM Holiday Party Legalities

December 18th, 2014, Toronto Star No hospital at new Ontario superjail; sick inmates kept in solitary

December 12th, 2014, The Guardian UK Canada's 'anti-prostitution law' raises fears for sex workers' safety

November 28th, 2014, Toronto Star Ontario launches review of hair drug tests performed at Sick Kids

November 27th, 2014, Toronto Sun, "Conviction would be roadblock for Jian Ghomeshi in U.S."

November 26th, 2014, Toronto Star Jian Ghomeshi: Evidence could be weakened by time since alleged attacks

November 26th, 2014, City News Did Jian Ghomeshi receive special treatment at court?

November 26th, 2014, City News Criminal lawyer on Ghomeshi arrest & charges

November 20th, 2014, Metro News, "Sick Kids breaks silence about controversy surrounding Motherisk hair tests"

November 15th, 2014, CTV National News, Just-deported Hassan Diab charged with 1st-degree murder in France

November 12th, 2014, Toronto Star Truth about police who lie in court

November 4th, 2014, Toronto Star Critics call for review of Motherisk cases

November 1st, 2014, Toronto Star ‘Crack mom’ conviction tossed out

October 1st, 2014, Global News Is a new phone app a legitimate way to ensure consent?

August 6th, 2014, Metro News VELD deaths: Police have precedent for charging drug dealers with homicide in overdoses

August 1st, 2014, Toronto Star Rob Ford’s testimony at Lisi hearing can’t be used as evidence against him later

August 1st, 2014, Toronto Sun Challenging subpoena futile: Lawyer

July 31st, 2014, CTV News Channel 'Mr. Big' pioneered in Canada

July 21st, 2014, Toronto Star Man faces charges – again – in cold case sex assaults spanning three decades

July 21st, 2014, Toronto Star ‘Spiceman’ case sent to unique restorative justice program before sentencing

July 19th, 2014, CBC News Mike Duffy and the bribery thing: Why a one-way charge?

July 8th, 2014, Toronto Star Toronto cop fined, has license suspended after fleeing drunken accident, prompting a manhunt

June 30th, 2014, Toronto Star GTA police arrest Jamaican police officer sought in 41 murders

June 20th, 2014, CTV News Channel Guilty on all counts for woman who parked for ducks

June 17th, 2014, Toronto Star Wynne silent on concerns over secrecy of JP complaints

June 14th, 2014, Toronto Star Dellen Millard case: Laura Babcock’s body not recovered in Ontario

June 11th, 2014, Toronto Star What happened to Laura Babcock? Mystery leaves family in ‘a horrible situation’

May 26th, 2014, Law Times CCLA calls for new law on non-conviction records

April 20th, 2014, Globe & Mail, Ontario lawyers irate at quality of courthouse inmates’ food

April 10th, 2014, Toronto Star, Can Dellen Millard be charged with first-degree murder without a body?

March 31st, Toronto Star, Curtis Young case shows need for body-worn cameras on police

March 28th, 2014, National Post, Brampton courthouse locked down after Peel police officer shot, shooter dead

March 27th, 2014, OttawaCitizen Police cited sealed files, says privacy watchdog

March 6th, 2014, CTV National News Lev Tahor member says 'peaceful life is almost gone' in community

March 5th, 2014, Toronto Sun, OPP involvement in Ford probe defuses bias accusations: Lawyers

February 7th, 2014, The Lawyers Weekly, "Superior Court overturnes Impaired acquittal"

January 23rd, 2014, iPolitics, Judges going too far with sentence credits, Supreme Court told

January 22nd, 2014, Toronto Sun, Conflicting views on legality of Ford-Lisi friendship

January 20th, 2014, Canadian Lawyer Magazine, When does being cheap become harassment?

January 16th, 2014, Toronto Star, Project Traveller: Six men charged opt to head directly to trial

January 16th, 2014, Huffington Post, Infamous Ford 'Crack Video' Could Be Shown In Courtroom This Year

January 9th, 2014, Globe & Mail, China refuses to extradite Canadian fugitive, will try him on murder charges

December 16th, 2013, Toronto Star Ontario judges criticize police, courts for delays

December 16th, 2013, Law Times MacIntosh report shows system worked: defence lawyers

December 13th, 2013, Toronto Sun Crack video could come up in Rob Ford's civil trial, lawyer says

December 4th, 2013, Global News, Project Traveller, Project Brazen investigations overlapped

November 12th, 2013, Toronto Sun Judge views alleged Rob Ford crack video

November 6th, 2013, CBC Rob Ford crack scandal: Lawyer seeks release of videos

November 5th, 2013, Globe & Mail Lawyers for alleged drug dealer urge release of Rob Ford crack video

November 5th, 2013, Toronto Star Lawyers for man in notorious photo seek access to Rob Ford ‘crack video

October 31st, 2013, Globe & Mail, "Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says he won't resign over alleged crack video"

October 31st, 2013, Toronto Star Mayor Rob Ford legally clear to talk about crack video

October 3rd, 2013, CBC Probe involving Mayor Rob Ford’s friend led by top detective

September 30th, 2013, Toronto Star Attorney general’s office using collection agencies to collect victim surcharge fines from criminals

September 13th, 2013, Toronto Star Ontario appoints ‘fierce’ and ‘fair’ Scarborough Crown attorney as new SIU director

August 23rd, 2013, Toronto Star Rehtaeh Parsons' father says he received online death threat

August 20th, 2013, Toronto Star Sammy Yatim: Const. James Forcillo released on bail as experts argue ‘special treatment’

August 2nd, 2013, Globe and Mail, Rob Ford crack scandal: Man who showed Rob Ford crack video caught up in police raids

July 19th, 2013, The Lawyers Weekly, "Mens rea element criticial, court rules"

June 20th, 2013, Toronto Star, Rob Ford crack scandal: Police Chief Bill Blair could say more, experts say

June 8th, 2013, Toronto Star, Terror train plot: Chiheb Esseghaier's Qur'an demand reveals law/religion collision

June 3rd, 2013, Law Times Defence counsel not alter egos of clients: judge

May 17th, 2013, Toronto Star, Mayor Rob Ford:Cellphone video wouldn’t necessarily lead to charges, lawyer says.

April 29th, 2013, Toronto Star Murder-trial witness faces either charges or a purported hit list

April 12th, 2013, CTV News Channel Luka Magnotta to stand trial on first degree murder charge

April 5th, 2013, Toronto Star Swim coach Trent McNicol picks up pieces after sex assault charges dropped

April 5th, 2013, Canadian Lawyer Magazine Appeal court right to overturn sex assault verdict, says lawyer

March 28th, 2013, Global News What a not criminally responsible verdict means for Richard Kachkar

March 27th, 2013, Canada AM Will Amanda Knox be extradited?

March 27th, 2013, CTV News Channel Legal analysis of Toronto murder case

March 16th, 2013, CTV News Selecting a jury in a high profile murder case

March 5th, 2013, Toronto Star Raccoon-beating case plods through courts like a turtle

February 11th, 2013, Law Times Will BB10 rekindle lawyers’ love for BlackBerry?

January 18th, 2013, CTV News Supreme Court ruling lacks clarity

November 30th, 2012, The Lawyers Weekly Osgoode Hall professor says our pot laws are laging

October 26th, 2012, CBC Radio - Metro Morning How far can a person go to defend their property?

October 26th, 2012, CTV News "Supreme Court acquits Quebec man convicted of drunk driving"

October 25th, 2012, City TV, Charge against Etobicoke man who stabbed home intruder dropped

October 25th, 2012, Toronto Sun Toronto man who stabbed home intruder set free

October 22nd, 2012, National Post Toronto police reveal few details about string of sexual assaults

September 11th, 2012, Toronto Star Man faces home intruder for first time since stabbing incident

September 3rd, 2012, City News Man facing charges for attacking home intruder

August 31st, 2012, Toronto Star Stabbing an intruder: Is it self-defence or assault?

July 31st, 2012, CTV News Legal Blitz: Discussing international legal cases making headlines this week

June 26th, 2012, CTV News “Legal Blitz: Discussing the Manitoba judge sex scandal”

June 12th, 2012, CTV News Legal Blitz: Discussing the Jerry Sandusky case

June 5th, 2012, CTV News Magnotta in court

June 4th, 2012, CBC News Magnotta extradition could take months

May 26th, 2012, eTalk Justin Bieber sought for questioning in paparazzi assault case

May 25th, 2012, eTalk Justin Bieber wanted for assault investigation

May 18th, 2012, The Lawyers Weekly App by app, its a tablet takeover

May 11th, 2012, CTV News Why evidence wasnt allowed in the Rafferty murder trial

April 17th, 2012, Toronto Star Former OHL club owner ready to take his ‘lumps’ for Ponzi scheme

February 14th, 2012, CTV News Having his day in court: Testimony of teen will be heard

January 9th, 2012,Law Times Justice on Target missing its mark: report

December 5th, 2011, Law Times Four delay rulings tossed

July 26th, 2011, Toronto Star Dismissal of 12 cases should be probed, lawyers’ group says

July 14th, 2011, CTV News Waterloo men face manslaughter charges in kidnapping

July 14th, 2011, National Post Three men charged with manslaughter in case of missing real estate agent

June 20th, 2011, Global News Teen Rioter Talks

June 3rd, 2011, Global News The War on Drugs

May 25th, 2011, Toronto Sun Cops look to DNA in hunt for killer

March 29th, 2011, Toronto Star Inmate guilty of fatally poisoning fellow prisoner with cyanide

January 30th, 2011, Toronto Star Judge clears restaurateur accused of gang links