Criminal Law

Most people carry their phones wherever they go, such as when driving to work, visiting a friend, shopping at a grocery store, dining out, or returning home. As a result, cellphone location information can provide significant assistance to police during an investigation. Can police in Canada track the location of your phone without telling you?

When you have a criminal matter going through the Brampton courts, you may encounter various court forms and documents related to your case. The Ontario Court of Justice makes many commonly used criminal court forms available online. Nirwal Law’s Guide to Brampton Criminal Court Forms provides links to commonly used criminal court forms in Ontario,

If you have a criminal court hearing in Brampton, you can use Ontario’s Daily Court Lists online to get information on your next scheduled court appearance. The daily court listings allow you to verify when and where your matter is scheduled to be dealt with. The Ontario court system provides access to daily court listings

It is late at night. Your son was handcuffed in the parking lot of Shoppers World by Peel Regional Police. Or maybe your brother was arrested by Peel Regional Police in a basement apartment near Springdale. He is now in a cold jail cell at 22 Division. He will be attending a bail hearing in a few hours at 7755 Hurontario Street. You are afraid. Most likely you speak little to no English; therefore, Canadian Legal Jargon may sound like gibberish when your family’s future is hanging in the balance.

Within a span of 10-15 minutes, you can go from having a great time enjoying a night out at a bar located on queen street or having an argument with someone you love in your kitchen in Springdale to being handcuffed and sitting in the back of a peel regional police cruiser.
In Brampton, assault charges are handled rapidly. At the A. Grenville and William Davis Courthouse, located on Hurontario Street, the Crown office has a large number of assault files; Peel Region has a well-deserved (or undeserved) reputation for vigorously prosecuting cases of domestic and personal violence.

Some criminal cases go well beyond the defendant and impact how we investigate crimes, prosecute cases, develop new laws, and view our justice system. In Canada, there have been many notable crimes such as serial killers, murders of young women, gangland murders, mass murderers, bombings (the Air India case), and terrorist acts (e.g. the Quebec Mosque shooting). There have been some horrific crimes where investigators did not follow through appropriately; other crimes were so egregious they caused Parliament to re-evaluate sentencing options, how evidence is gathered and used in Court and what victim support services would be provided. Some cases are still debated to this day.

Hiring a criminal lawyer in Brampton after you have been arrested, has the potential to impact many aspects of your life (your eating habits, sleeping habits, etc.) and will determine how the next 6-24 months will play out. Don’t hire a criminal lawyer lightly; consider the factors listed below:

After being charged for a criminal offense, anyone charged will want to know, how much it is going to cost to hire a criminal defence lawyer. This is a very important and legitimate question. However, there is no definite answer to this question. The reason for that is that criminal lawyer fees in Ontario differ

At Brampton’s fingerprint date, you get papers with a circled date and the word prints written somewhere on them. You’re not sure what this is all about. Let me clear that up. Fingerprints date has nothing to do with whether you did something wrong or not. It’s just a routine stop to get your prints and photo taken. Under federal law for indictable charges or dual procedure charges ranging from assault to shoplifting over $5,000, police are allowed to do this. Usually Peel Regional Police handle this and it’s just a quick stop before you have your first real court date.

Many people are of the impression that obtaining a criminal record check is simply. You receive a charge, attend court, and if you are found guilty, the crime follows you throughout your life until you obtain a pardon. Simple enough, right? Wrong.

As a criminal defence lawyer, I am reminded every day of how the system really works — and while it is unfair, if you know how the system works, you can prevent problems arising for yourself.