NrLawyers Blog - Sexual Assault

August 13th, 2014

People convicted of violent sexual offences can face a long list of penalties and restrictions in addition to prison time....

August 7th, 2014

When a complainant makes a sexual assault allegation many years after the offence is said to have occurred, the reliability...

August 1st, 2014

The conviction of a Halifax lawyer accused of sexual assault continues to be a controversy. The Crown argued that the...

July 24th, 2014

One of the best things about Ontario and Canada in general is that it truly is a multicultural mosaic of different cultures...

June 9th, 2014

Unlike other countries, Canada does not have a statute of limitations on indictable offences. What this means, then, is that...

April 23rd, 2014

There is no denying the fact that sex crimes are horrific. The problem is, however, that many people see little difference...

April 16th, 2014

Canadian law says that anyone accused of a crime will be considered innocent until he or she is proven guilty. Without this...

April 8th, 2014

In order for someone to be charged with and convicted of something as serious as sexual assault or murder, there must be...

March 31st, 2014

While there are very few things that are as traumatic as rape, there are also very few criminal charges that carry such...