What Is COVID-19 COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered type of virus, the coronavirus. The virus can lead to serious illness and even death for older people and those with underlying medical problems such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes,...
Battling COVID-19 in the Ontario Criminal Law Courts The COVID-19 crisis has changed our everyday lives. Wide swaths of society have been told to shelter-in-place while schools and public spaces have been closed. The crisis has impacted our courts and resulted in the...
Questions to Ask when Hiring a Lawyer How do I find a good lawyer in Ontario? The best way to find a good lawyer in Ontario is by way of a trusted referral who has had personal experience with that lawyer in the past. Layer referral services such as the Law...
Common Defences for Drug Possession Charges An essential element required to establish possession of a drug is the knowledge of what the substance is, or the nature of it. In more recent cases, those charged with a drug offence have raised as a defence not that the...
There is nothing that prohibits someone in Canada from “dating” a minor, sixteen years of age and younger, so long as the date does not involve sexual activity. In Canada all sexual activity, from sexual touching to sexual intercourse, with a minor sixteen...
Pepper spray, commonly referred to by the brand name “Mace”, can be used or carried by people as a potential mode of defence against potential attackers. Legislation first enacted in 1995 designated pepper spray as a prohibited weapon. The Firearms Act,...
Many people ride their bicycles regularly to help the environment and get exercise on their way to work. In Ontario cities, bike paths are commonly found and you can even rent a bicycle through city-wide initiatives. However, that does not mean that you can use drugs...
In Canada it is a criminal offence to impersonate someone. The Criminal Code identifies impersonation of another as identity fraud and identity theft as criminal offences. Section 403 of the Criminal Code makes it a crime to “fraudulently personate another...
Canadian liquor laws are constructed provincially and not federally. However, the Government of Canada considers a beverage alcoholic in nature if it contains 1.1% or more alcohol by volume. The type of liquor you are consuming is irrelevant, it’s where you are...
Trafficking means: to sell, administer, give, transfer, transport, send or deliver the substance, to sell an authorization to obtain the substance or to offer to do anything mentioned above. With an experienced drug lawyer, drug possession for trafficking charge can...
