Neil Lawson Criminal Defence
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Criminal Defence Law Firm of Brendan Neil and Sarah Lawson. Adult, youth, and mental health matters. Milton, Oakville, Burlington, Halton, Hamilton
Milton, Ontario & Hamilton, Ontario
Joined March 2018
Mine was one of the trials that was supposed to start there today. I’m angry. My client is in custody. Witnesses were ready. And because Doug Ford made the asinine decision to cancel the new courthouse, here we are.
New from the Milton courthouse: ‘Deeply concerned’: Ontario judges refuse to sit at aging GTA courthouse https://t.co/ReAUQomLAD via @torontostar
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‘This is an embarrassment’: Three years after Tories scrapped a new Halton courthouse, aging facilities are putting cases at risk https://t.co/pQLJFJlywH via @torontostar
thestar.com
“I am embarrassed that the people of Halton … have to come here and be told that this aging, antiquated building cannot physically sustain their trial,” a Burlington judge said in a recent case. “It...
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Celebrating the appointment of Justice Christine Mainville to the @OntarioOn along with Marie Henein and the rest of the @HeneinHutchison team. Congratulations!
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Flattered to have been asked to present on the Basics of Electronic Evidence for the Halton Criminal Law Series #cpd #criminallaw thank you to all that attended #neillawsoncriminaldefence
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That’s a wrap! Brought to you by 20 women in mental health Justice & criminal law @CLA #CLACPD - thanks for joining us! @Mayakotob @JillPresser @lawlaurenk @charlenaclaxton @mcmahon_meaghan @memurph @pouchbaby @ConnConnection @catemartell @jessycadefence @JohnChagnon @LoriTriano
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At Neil Lawson Criminal Defence CPD is a family affair. @claontario @LAMDACANADA #clacpd mental health conference
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Even our 4 month old is captivated by the racial profiling panel. #clacpd cla fall conference 2020 #fightthepower
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Start them young. Even our 4 month old finds the racial profiling session interesting. #clacpd 2020 fall cla conference #fightthepower
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Article responding to cancellation of of the Halton courthouse.
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The health and safety of everyone comes first. The Criminal Lawyers’ Association has determined that we must have our volunteers leave all Courthouses after Friday, March 20th at 12 Noon. #flattenthecurve #goremote #shelterinplace @ClaOntario
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Congratulations Amanda Camara on your appointment to the OCJ bench!!!!
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The only reason to change the system would be to make patronage appointments easier. Don’t fix that which isn’t broken.
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The Ford government trying to bypass the successful safeguards of the Judicial appointments process? If it ain’t broke we can only conclude someone wants the fix to be in. #itaintbroke #jaac #cla
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We're saddened by this story. Those with FASD have very unique needs which aren't always met in prison. We are excited for the work of Michelle Stewart and her team at University of Regina working to support those with FASD in the justice system. #YQR
https://t.co/aNoww1N3Bv
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@Neillawsondef is happy to announce the addition of Matthew Del Mei to the firm.
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Always a pleasure speaking to engaged classes. Thank you for the opportunity.
Thanks to criminal defence lawyers Brendan Neil and Sarah Lawson for supporting real world learning in Ms. Senn's Grade 11 Law class.
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Important case for the defence. Finally we get to look at the human error rate component of these matters.
R. v. Stipo, 2019 ONCA 3 - Court of Appeal finds Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) Logs are disclosable as 1st party disclosure as fruits of the investigation. Great to work on this case with Louie Genova and @HowardKrongold & @SewrattanLaw for @ClaOntario
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Chris Selley: Police carding ought to be an anathema in a free society. How is it still up for debate? https://t.co/p5qDv8j9op
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Busy season for @SCC
A look at the cases @SCC_eng will be tackling during their winter session: https://t.co/ym2l1Styaz
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