Criminal Law News

  • Canada's impaired driving laws just got a huge and controversial overhaul — here's what you should know

    • 21 June 2018
    • By: National Post

    A sweeping overhaul of Canada’s impaired driving laws was given Royal Assent on Thursday, meaning the new rules are starting to come into effect and drivers should be prepared...

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  • Ontario judge blasts bail hearing 'tainted by legal error'

    • 12 February 2018
    • By: The Toronto Star

    A Newmarket judge has sent a message that it’s time “to do things differently” in the province’s notorious bail system to ensure it is easier for legally innocent people to be released pending their trials...

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  • Ontario vows new bail policy will be ‘faster and fairer’

    • 30 October 2017
    • By: The Toronto Star

    The Ontario government has come out with a new policy for Crown attorneys to make the bail system “faster and fairer,” with a shift in focus from protection of the public to the rights of the accused that could lead to far more people being granted bail...

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