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Charges of Sexual Assault against A.B. stayed due to unreasonable delay pursuant to Section 11(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in the Ontario Court of Justice, Toronto.   A.B. was charged with a serious sexual assault involving his former girlfriend.  The Crown was seeking a custodial sentence and various ancillary orders including registration with the sex offender registrar if A.B. were found guilty.  The matter had a lengthy history of delay with a significant portion of delay attributable to the Crown as well as significant institutional delay.  Michael Bury spent considerable time assessing the delay and conducting recent case law research to determine the prospects of making a successful stay application argument before the scheduled trial date.  The stay application was argued in advance of trial and after hearing from both Michael Bury and the Crown, the Judge hearing the application agreed that A.B.’s right to a trial within a reasonable time had been violated and ordered the charges stayed for this reason.