What is the Sex Offender Registry in Ontario?
The Ontario Sex Offender Registry (OSOR) is a database that provides 24-hour information for police services about anyone convicted of a sexual offence in the [...]
What are the Penalties for a First-Time DUI in Ontario?
The ramifications of a first-time DUI conviction go far beyond a rap on the knuckles and a license suspension. As the leading criminal cause of [...]
What You Should Know About a Conditional Discharge
A discharge is the most lenient sentence a judge can give an adult offender. What is particularly attractive about it is that it is not [...]
Do I Need to Go to Court While the Corona Virus is Active?
COVID-19 and the Ontario Court of Justice and Superior Court of Justice Criminal courts in Ontario are delaying all appearances in order to prevent further [...]
What happens if I’m caught driving more than 50 km/h over the speed limit?
What are the expected outcomes? The worst-case scenario is being found guilty — the presumed minimum fine is $2,505.00 (after various costs are added), and [...]
Why Is a Jury Trial so Much Longer Than a Trial Without a Jury?
This question comes to me from overseas this week. A client of mine is under investigation for a crime and is currently overseas. The police [...]
Is It a Criminal Offence to Leave the Scene of a Fender Bender?
I was involved in a fender bender, where I hit another car at a stop light. I was on my way to the airport and [...]
How can a defence lawyer prove that racial profiling occurred during a traffic stop?
It’s very difficult to do, and is almost always proven through circumstantial evidence, as opposed to direct evidence. Direct evidence is evidence which, if believed, [...]
New Drinking and Driving Laws in Canada
This article is the first in a series of articles expected out in the next few months from David Anber’s Law Office. For years we [...]
Can the Police Publish The Name of a Drunk Driver Online?
Recently, the York Regional Police Force started publishing online the names of people charged with impaired driving. The intention is obvious: to shame people accused [...]