by Michael Spratt | Mar 29, 2021 | News
In R. v. Biya 2021 ONCA 171, released on March 19, the Ontario Court of Appeal ordered a new trial for Abadula Biya, who in 2018 was convicted on several firearms-related charges as well as possession of a Schedule I controlled substance (MDEA) for the purpose of...
by Michael Spratt | Mar 29, 2021 | News
In yet another twist to a tragic legal case, David Stephan and Collet Stephan have been ordered by the Court of Appeal of Alberta to stand trial for a third time on charges of failing to provide the necessaries of life to their 19-month old son Ezekiel, who died of...
by Michael Spratt | Mar 10, 2021 | Blog
As a young criminal lawyer in 2006, I found my future litigation bag in a dumpster. It was mostly fine. Sure, it was missing a button and the sides were split. And it looked a bit dated, in a mid-1990s burgundy kind of way—long before the 1990s were retro cool. One...
by Michael Spratt | Mar 10, 2021 | News
The operator of one of the boats in a 2019 fatal crash involving a vessel driven by Linda O’Leary, wife of businessman and reality TV star Kevin O’Leary, was convicted in absentia last September of failing to exhibit a navigation light, according to...
by Michael Spratt | Feb 17, 2021 | News
The federal government, the RCMP’s top brass, and the police force’s union are all squarely behind a recent push to see more than 10,000 body-worn cameras deployed nationwide to help “pull the police services into the 21st century,” says the force’s union head, while...