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Charge of Assault Causing Bodily Harm withdrawn just prior to the commencement of trial in the Ontario Court of Justice. The client was charged with having assaulted his former girlfriend and fractured her right orbital bone during the course of a verbal argument. B.W. retained Joseph Neuberger as defence counsel. After obtaining the statement of the complainant and the medical evidence, defence lawyer Joseph Neuberger retained a defence medical expert to assess the report and x-rays of the alleged injury. The evidence suggested that in fact the complainant had attacked B.W. first and B.W. responded by reaction with a slap. The Defence medical report showed that the fracture was minor and could have been caused by a hard slap. Defence lawyer Joseph Neuberger also obtained text messages from the complainant, post the alleged offence, apologizing and wanting contact with B.W. These were translated from Mandarin to English and provided to the Crown with a defence book of authorities on self-defence. After extensive discussions with the assigned Crown Attorney, the Crown withdrew the charge as there was no reasonable prospect of conviction.