Domestic assault charges in Ontario carry significant consequences, even if the incident involved minimal physical contact. Understanding why charges might be dropped and taking spe…
An assault charge in Ontario can impact your freedom, reputation, and future. Whether it's a simple misunderstanding or a serious accusation, understanding what happens next — and h…
Sexual assault charges in Ontario can seriously affect your career — even if you are never convicted. From reputational harm to job loss, the consequences can be immediate and long-…
Physical contact between people is highly personal. Under Canadian law, if you intentionally touch someone without their consent for a sexual purpose, police can charge you with sex…
Between April 2017 and February 2020, the online news website Vox compiled a list of 262 celebrities, politicians, prominent business executives, and other influential people accuse…
If Canadian police catch you driving with a BAC level exceeding 0.08%, they can charge you with criminal DUI. However, what happens if police pull you over after you’ve had a few dr…
Given the news coverage, you might wonder whether the accused can protect their reputations even if ultimately found innocent in court. To answer this question, let’s go back 10 yea…
According to the latest Statistics Canada data, Canadian police charged 39,021 motorists with DUI in 2023, of which almost half — 15,503 — were arrested in Ontario. These numbers su…
You might wonder what criminal defence strategies a criminal defendant might try to mount. With expertise in sexual assault criminal defence in the Greater Toronto Area, Mass Tsang …
Toronto and the rest of Canada take sexual assault crimes seriously. For convicted offenders, they could spend up to a decade in prison. And so, when allegations are brought up agai…
Securing relevant evidence in any criminal case takes time, but securing decades-old evidence makes it more challenging. Of course, the timing of a sexual assault investigation by C…
Given the severe penalties the Criminal Code can impose on those convicted of lying to the police or courts, the criminal defence lawyers of the Greater Toronto law firm Mass Tsang …
