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Charges of Domestic Assault x 2, Assault with a Weapon and Theft Under withdrawn on day of trial in the Ontario Court of Justice, Newmarket.  The client and the complainant had been married for nine years.  The couple had been arguing for years about various issues including finances.  In October of 2018 the couple had an argument after the complainant made a comment about M.C. being fat.  The complainant alleged that she was assaulted and later that day called police. The client was charged with offences also dating back a few months and then in 2016.  Joseph Neuberger was retained as the criminal defence lawyer.  About a month after, the complainant brough an Application in family court for divorce but also sought sole custody.  M.C. was limited to what time he could spend with the two children.  Joseph Neuberger obtained the family court material, the disclosure and additional material from the client about exchanges that suggested there was a rift in the marriage for some time as the complainant had been very aggressive about what M.C. should be doing for her financially and that the complainant had been sending money to her family via a separate account without M.C,.’s knowledge.  Extensive time was spent with M.C. preparing him for trial and developing cross examination.  Certain material was disclosed by defence lawyer Joseph Neuberger to the Crown suggesting that the allegations were motivated by gaining leverage in a family court proceeding to not only have sole custody but also substantial child support.  At trial, the Crown considered all of the evidence and agreed to withdraw all charges if the client signed a common law peace bond.  The result was in the best interests of bringing down conflict so both the complainant and M.C. could bring their family law matter to a close and for the client to obtain shared custody.  As such, M.C. signed a common law peace bond and the charges of Assault, Assault with a Weapon and Theft Under were withdrawn.