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Charges of Assault and Assault Bodily Harm withdrawn on day 1 of a two-day trial in the Ontario Court of Justice, Guelph.   E.S. and three other individuals became involved in a verbal altercation outside a nightclub on a Saturday evening.  They had never met before.  The three individuals had been drinking earlier and gradually escalated matters with E.S. by throwing a soft drink plastic bottle in his direction.  All four parties then became involved in a physical altercation.  E.S., instead of walking away, remained and the fighting escalated to the point where he allegedly caused one of the complainants bodily harm by pushing him into a concrete barrier headfirst.    Michael Bury of Neuberger & Partners LLP, Toronto Criminal Lawyers, was retained to defend the charges.  Michale Bury engaged in extensive negotiations with the Crown and demonstrated that despite the actions of E.S., the other individuals were similarly at fault by initiating the fight.  The Crown agreed to withdraw the charges before the commencement of the trial upon E.S. entering into a common law peacebond which required him not to have any contact with the complainants for 12 months.  As a result, E.S. avoided a possible criminal record if found guilty following a trial.