Not exact matches
At 10 a.m., the Committees on Public Safety and Fire and Criminal
Justice Services will hold a joint oversight
hearing on prosecuting violence in city jails, and discussion of a proposed law on requiring certain types of
bail recommendations.
At the
bail hearing, a judge or
justice of the peace will decide if it is safe for the arrested person to be released until the next court date.
Finally, the defence lawyer and the Crown prosecutor will make submissions to the
justice who presides
at the
bail hearing.
This experience of the good prospects for release was once confirmed by a
Justice of the Peace in open court
at a
bail hearing Mr. Clark conducted.
Where an accused person was ordered detained by a
Justice of the Peace
at a
bail hearing, section 520 of the Criminal Code allows a judge of the Superior Court of
Justice to quash the decision and order the accused released on
bail.
We can help you
at whatever stage of the criminal
justice process you may find yourself, from
bail hearings to trial representation to final resolution.
If you are taken into custody, then you will be brought before a
justice or a judge within 24 hours who will have the final say
at your
bail hearing.
Specific topics which have been covered in recent conferences include judicial ethics; interpreters; delivering reasons for judgment; assessing credibility; social media; technology and search warrants; managing a provincial offence trial; effectively communicating an oral judgment; risk assessment and indicators of lethality
at bail hearings; the Youth Criminal
Justice Act; eye - witness identification; conducting pre-trials; specific issues
at trials of regulatory offences; fly - in - courts, residential schools; application of Gladue principles; mistrials and bias; accident reconstruction; search warrant issues; domestic violence issues; orders for examination under the Mental Health Act; child apprehension warrants under the Child and Family Services Act; evidentiary issues; discrimination and harassment in the workplace; stress management; and pre-retirement planning.