R. v. T.L. | 2025 | BRAMPTON

The client and his friends parked their vehicle at a strip club when police on “proactive patrol” approached.  They claimed to see an open bottle of alcohol in the vehicle which led to a search of the car and the client, despite the fact that he was not the driver or in possession of the alcohol.  After locating cocaine and cash, they arrested him and seized the drugs, money, and his Louis Vuitton satchel.  Following a Judicial Pretrial highlighting all of the ways in which the police violated his constitutional rights, the Crown agreed that there was no reasonable prospect of conviction and withdrew the charges.  We then secured the return of his money and his satchel of course.

R. v. K.E. | 2025 | HAMILTON

The client was charged with break and enter, along with two co-accused. The co-accused parties took months to move through the pre-trial stages, delaying our client from moving his case forward. As a result of the delays caused by the co-accused, the client’s trial was set to complete 14 days beyond the 18 months ceiling in R. v. Jordan. After hearing arguments from Associate Katrina Friesen, the Judge agreed that the client’s Charter s. 11(b) right to a trial within a reasonable time had been infringed and stayed the charges. Read the decision below.

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