What Happens to Someone Charged with Domestic Abuse
Although there is no specific offence listed in the Criminal Code, most acts of family violence are crimes in Canada. But there are offences related to domestic abuse, such as [...]
What Happens When an Unregistered Restricted or Prohibited Gun is Used in Self-Defence?
This is something all gun-owners should be aware of: All Canadians have a right to self-defence and to use firearms against attackers. However, the right to self-defence does not overrule [...]
Petty Theft vs Grand Larceny
What are the differences? Petty theft and grand larceny are basically the same offences. Both are defined as the unlawful taking and carrying away of the personal property of another [...]
Important Legal Changes on the Horizon For Aboriginals
Face it, Canadian aboriginals continue to experience many constraints in their lives. Some are due to indigenous laws and cultural lifestyles, while others stem from deep-seated bias. In a report [...]
Legal Self-Defence: The Odds Are in Your Favour
The definition of self-defence is when a person uses force or a weapon to protect one’s body and one’s property from harm. Contrary to popular belief, the Criminal Code of [...]
Assault with a Weapon
Our client was charged with Assault with a Weapon when she came after her husband with a hatchet accusing him of cheating on her. We adjourned the court case for [...]
Assault/Utter Threats
Our client was charged with Assault and Uttering Threats after his girlfriend called police alleging that our client slammed her into a wall, slapped her face cutting the side of [...]
Assault/Utter Threats
Our client was arrested after the complained called police claiming that our client had said, “I’m the devil and I’m going to kill you”. He then grabbed her around the [...]
Assault
Our client was charged with assault on her co-worker after she got into an altercation with him in a pub and hit him with her keys in her hand. Her [...]
Assault
Our client was charged with assault when the complainant called 911 complaining that our client threatened to punch her, slapped her, grabbed her and tried to throw her to the [...]