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Impaired Driving

This offence, sometimes called “Driving Under the Influence” (DUI) or “Driving while Intoxicated” (DWI) is one of the most common criminal offences in Canada. People from all walks of life often find themselves facing the possibility of a criminal record, the loss of driving privileges and higher insurance premiums.

There are three main Impaired Driving offences:

1. Impaired Driving
2. Driving over the Allowable Limit (.08)
3....

Theft, Fraud and Credit Card Offences

Shoplifting
This is the most common type of theft in the criminal courts. If you have no record, the chance of being sentenced to jail is virtually non-existent. Nonetheless, a conviction for theft will leave you with a criminal record which may impact your ability to travel or secure certain types of employment. There are other types of resolutions that can avoid your ending up with a criminal record. It is important to speak...

Assault

There are three circumstances that can form the basis of all assault related offences:

1. When a person intentionally applies force to another person without his or her consent
2. When a person attempts or threatens, through his actions to apply force to another person and either carries out that threat or causes the other person to believe that he has the ability to carry out that threat at that time.Read More

Breaking and Entering

These types of offences often result in a jail sentence due to the number of aggravating factors that surround the entry into a dwelling house. It is essential that you obtain legal representation since many of the cases involve circumstantial evidence. Unless you are caught “in the act” the prosecution evidence will consist of fingerprints, DNA, or “recent possession” of property that can be proven to have been stolen. Retaining a criminal lawyer will insure...

Possession of Stolen Property

These types of charges can be successfully defended, but it is essential that you speak to an experienced criminal lawyer before you enter a guilty plea. Do NOT plead guilty until you have had a consultation with one of the lawyers at 30 Queen St. N. ...

Robbery

Robbery is one of the most serious crimes in Canada and it carries a penalty of up to life in prison. If a firearm is used in the robbery, the Criminal Code requires that a court impose a minimum four year sentence. Robbery may be committed in four ways.

343. Every one commits robbery who
(a) steals, and for the purpose of extorting whatever is stolen or to prevent or overcome...

Violent Crimes

As the heading suggests, any type of offences where there is any element of actual or threatened violence will qualify as a violent crime. The offences may range from a minor assault right up to 1st Degree Murder.

Violent crimes may involve the actual use of weapons or simply the threat to use a weapon.
Violent offences may occur in domestic relationships in which case different procedures are followed by both police...

Uttering Threats

Anyone who utters a threat to another person commits a criminal offence. The offence may be committed by verbally threatening someone or it may be committed by telephone, e-mail, letter or any one of the many technologies now available. The offence is made out if it is directed to the person who is threatened, or if it is said or sent to an intermediary. It makes no difference if the intermediary passes on the threat...

Drug Crimes

Our office is well-versed in handling drug-related cases, We have defended cases ranging from production of marijuana, cocaine and ecstasy, trafficking in all types of substances including heroine and prescription medications, importation charges, and in more complex cases, large scale conspiracies, We have often been retained on proceeds cases, including seizures of large sums of money that are alleged to have been obtained through drug trafficking. Many of these cases involve additional charges regarding possession...

Domestic Violence

Criminal charges that arise out of a domestic situation are viewed more seriously by the Crown and the Courts than the same criminal charges arising from non-domestic contexts. The Crown prosecutor is more likely to ask for jail for a crime involving a domestic relationship than for a crime involving a stranger, and the Court is more likely to grant a harsher sentence. This is because people in domestic relationships are in positions of trust...

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