NrLawyers Blog - Domestic Violence

August 25th, 2014

"We can't arrest our way out of a problem." Those are words from the Sudbury police chief, speaking about the problem of...

August 21st, 2014

In complex cases involving allegations of violent crime, a multidisciplinary approach to criminal defence is often...

July 3rd, 2014

We don't always make the best decisions. It is just part of human nature to make mistakes or to not do what makes the most...

December 31st, 2013

It must have been shocking for neighbors to learn that a 15-year-old Mississauga girl was charged with second-degree...

November 25th, 2013

There are very few criminal charges that have the same kind of punishment as those associated with domestic...

September 24th, 2013

If police are called to deal with a domestic dispute in Waterloo, someone will probably be arrested. Although there may be...

August 2nd, 2013

A 31-year-old woman from Wawa pleaded guilty to eight offences involving domestic violence toward the father of one of...

January 31st, 2013

The Ontario Court of Appeal released it decision in J.N. v. The Durham Regional Police Service (2012 ONCA 428) on June 21,...

February 23rd, 2010

This recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada has once again attempted to clarify how lower courts are to deal with...