Sentences with phrase «crown attorneys»

Court house security committees composed of lawyers, Crown attorneys, judges, Department of Justice officials and sheriffs made recommendations to the government in the spring of 2009 on how to improve courthouse safety.

Saying that the government has done nothing, the Crown Attorneys Association has decided to file an official complaint with the Department of Labour.

Multiply the number of files by 10,000, stir in the hands of a dozen disparate Crown Attorneys and staffers who may touch a file before it is ready for trial, and the potential for misadventure is magnified dramatically.

Traditionally, several Crown attorneys could deal separately with a criminal case before it is resolved.

«Unlike the Crown attorneys — a majority of whom are men — we do not have the right to collectively bargain recognized.

«We are simply asking for the same rights as Crown attorneys and other public sector lawyers.»

Speaker, «Reasonable Expectation of Privacy», Ontario Crown Attorneys Association: Search and Seizure (August 16, 2017)

It is much more common to find Crown Attorneys denying consent -LSB-...]

And while normal criminal offences are prosecuted by provincial crown attorneys, drug charges are prosecuted by the Federal Crown, except when specifically delegated to the province, usually in situations where individuals are charged with several other criminal code offences, and the drug charge (s) is considered as being less significant in the particular case.

While this decision has implications for the way criminal lawyers, both Crown attorneys and defence counsel, run their cases, it most directly affects how civil litigators practice.

Some of the factors causing women to leave practice included low income, long hours, lack of financial support for maternity leave, difficulty with the Legal Aid system and being treated differently than male peers by judges, Crown Attorneys and court staff.

It was not until March 31, 2006 that a formal instruction to Crown attorneys came into effect, in the form of a MAG «Practice Memorandum.»

«I anticipate that our review will ultimately result in a policy statement or practice advice being prepared which will be distributed to our Crown attorneys.

Based on the findings of the investigation, the Commissioner is ordering Crown attorneys to cease collecting any personal information of potential jurors beyond that which is permitted under the Juries Act and the Criminal Code, relevant to criminal conviction eligibility.

The Commissioner's office (IPC) conducted a major investigation into whether the privacy rights of prospective jurors were breached when the police, on behalf of Crown attorneys, conducted background checks through a variety of means, ranging from accessing confidential databases, to informally gathering anecdotal information.

The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario has ordered crown attorneys to immediately stop performing intrusive background checks on prospective jurors.

Police, crown attorneys and the courts have all adopted and adhered to a zero tolerance policy in the domestic context.

Conducting in - person interviews at four different Ontario locations with various parties: Crown attorneys, court staff, police officials and defence counsel;

TORONTO — Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner, Dr. Ann Cavoukian, today ordered Crown attorneys to cease collecting any personal information of potential jurors, beyond that which is necessary under the Juries Act and Criminal Code.

Commissioner Cavoukian Orders Crown attorneys to stop collecting personal information on prospective jurors — Recommends single screening process, in light of widespread background checks

These complaints involved Hryciuk's alleged sexual assault and harassment of female Crown Attorneys and court staff.

On World AIDS Day (December 1, 2017), Ontario Attorney General, Yasir Naqvi, and Health Minister, Eric Hoskins, announced that Crown attorneys in Ontario will no longer prosecute cases of HIV - positive individuals who do not disclose their health status to their sexual partner if they have a suppressed viral load for six months.

There are many different assistant crown attorneys and federal prosecutors in each courthouse.

Often Crown Attorneys will seek oppressive conditions, even in cases where it is unnecessary.

(h) four Crown attorneys, deputy Crown attorneys or assistant Crown attorneys, who shall be appointed by the Attorney General;

In Toronto in particular where there is less of an understanding of legal gun ownership, police officers and Crown Attorneys often use the same resources and treatment towards legal gun owners as they do to illegal gun owners.

The «Crown Policy Manual» outlined by the Attorney General provides a specific procedure on how Crown prosecutors are to execute their duties, It's critical for you to know that most Crown Attorneys are instructed to «carry out prosecution of domestic violence charges just as aggressively as any other type of criminal offences».

In the post-Jordan world, enormous pressure is being exerted on defence lawyers, and Crown attorneys, to meet speedy trial deadlines and streamline Charter applications.

evidence Detective Constable MacPhail consulted two Crown Attorneys prior to laying the charges and had been advised there was ample evidence to support his doing so; and

The material on the Ontario Crown Attorneys Association («OCAA») website is provided as a general information service for OCAA members and guests and is not intended to constitute legal advice.

The OCAA promotes the continuing education and training of Crown Attorneys, Assistant Crown Attorneys and Crown Counsel.

Crown Attorneys are quasi-judicial officers.

His skill and expertise have earned him the respect of Judges and Crown Attorneys.

He is also very familiar with the procedure in courts throughout Ontario, including, knowing the judges and the Crown attorneys / Prosecutors.

Robert Glegg wants police forces and Crown Attorneys to take breaches of custody orders and access orders more seriously across Canada, April 25, 2018.

Quebec Treasury Board Minister Pierre Moreau added salt to the civil lawyers» wounds by arguing publicly that they don't require the same level of independence in the determination of their working conditions as Crown attorneys.

Unlike the nearly 50,000 Quebec nurses who were similarly forced back to work after an illegal strike in 1999 — but who enjoyed widespread public support for their wage demands, which convinced the Parti Québécois government of former Quebec Premier Lucien Bouchard to forego fines and reach a higher - paying settlement — Dallaire said the lawyers were unable to garner sympathy for the negotiation process discrepancies with Crown attorneys.

But also make no mistake, increased responsibility must fall on the shoulders of our Crown attorneys to ensure that discretion is exercised appropriately and there are no improper inducements.

Though money was the main public focus of the lawyers» contract demands (a pay increase of 10 per cent over four years, the same conditions an arbitrator awarded Quebec's 450 Crown counsel), Dion says the real driver that triggered the civil lawyers» strike on Oct. 24, 2016 — and fuelled their desire to stay out even after the LANEQ's war chest was depleted and many members were in dire personal financial straits — was their indignation over the government's refusal to grant them the same right to a binding arbitration process in exchange for the right to strike as they did to the province's 450 - member Crown attorneys» union (the Association des procureurs aux poursuites criminelles et pénales).

Moreau only added salt to the civil lawyers» wounds when he argued publicly in 2015 as treasury board president that they don't require the same level of independence in the determination of their working conditions as Crown attorneys.

But the government also granted the province's 450 Crown attorneys the right to binding arbitration process in exchange for the right to strike, creating a major schism between the two lawyer groups.

In 2004, following his acquittal from four counts of sexual assault, Miguna sued the Toronto Police and the Crown attorneys who prosecuted him for malicious prosecution.

The Crown Attorneys brought counter applications for declarations that the defendants» motions were deficient.

The Ontario Crown Attorneys» Association (OCAA) was established in 1946.

Today the OCAA represents over 850 Assistant Crown Attorneys and Crown Counsel.

Finally, at the first court appearance, early pre-screening by crown attorneys would identify these cases and offer meaningful beneficial resolution of the charges.

Crown attorneys will be receiving the e-disclosure via USB keys to be transferred to their internal CIMS system while defence counsel will be handed the files on CDROM.

Our crown attorneys are then instructed to oppose release on bail unless the strictest terms are imposed.

One aspect of Ontario Auditor General Jim McCarter's annual report, released yesterday, revealed the number of Crown attorneys has more than doubled since 1993, yet the number of criminal charges is relatively the same (572,000 in 1992 compared to 576,000 in 2011).

Nova Scotia has hired two Crown attorneys to specialize in sexual assault prosecutions.