An Increase in Assault Cases
Julianna Greenspan of Greenspan Partners LLP in Toronto says one trend in criminal law she has noticed is the marked increase in the number of domestic assault and sexual assault charges, leading to prosecutions by trial. “A significant portion involves historical allegations, which are inherently difficult to defend,” she says.
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How The Pandemic Disrupted The System
Kristin Macrae, a lawyer at Bayne Sellar Ertel Carter in Ottawa, recalls that her firm went through a “huge transition” in March 2020 when a global pandemic was declared and most of the institutions that people take for granted, including the court system, went into lockdown.
Criminal trials with juries were no longer something that a person charge.
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Justice For The ‘Haves’ and ‘Have Nots’
While COVID-19 has shown that technology can be used to speed up and improve the court system, Daniel Brown of Daniel Brown Law LLP worries that it could lead to a two-tier system of justice. “One of the big discussions in criminal law right now across Canada is what a post-COVID justice system will look like,” he says.
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Managing Complex Trials
As the evidence in criminal law becomes more voluminous, complex and sophisticated, criminal counsel face numerous challenges.
Joe Saulnier of Vancouver-based Martland & Saulnier says: “The Supreme Court’s Jordantimelines for trials have led to police investigations that still take a long time, but then once launched, and charges are brought to cou.
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The Rise of Digital Evidence
Another emerging trend is the exponential increase of information and data to be assessed as potential evidence by lawyers for the Crown, the defence, and the judges.
Jonathan Shime of Cooper, Sandler, Shime & Bergman LLP says much of this information and data comes from smartphones, which have become integral in many people’s lives.
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