Criminal DEFENCE Blog

It's about time!  How many thousands of people have been sacrificed to recognize the value of our Charter rights?

As a criminal defence lawyer I often find myself arguing broad principles before Judges, asking them to assiduously protect the Charter protected interests of the accused so that the Charter...

Global News Columnist, Erika Tucker, recently posed an interesting question: Why don’t Alberta judge’s know the law?

Any regular reader of this blog knows that I spend a fair amount of time criticizing the Calgary Police Service and other law enforcement agencies.

The concept of civil liberty means a great deal to me, and not just because I am a Calgary defence lawyer.

Let me start by saying how ridiculous it is that what is apparently the greatest legal crisis facing Calgary today centers around a ride sharing app.

Warning: this is my second post in as many weeks where I profess my agreement with a law enforcement agency.

Any regular reader knows I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with the Calgary Police Service.

I promise, when the Calgary Police—and the Calgary powers-that-be who hold the purse strings—finally start doing their jobs in a way that serves the long-term best interests of the Calgary...

The main role of the government, as I see it, is to ensure we have freedom—to make sure that we can live the way we want to live without interference...