Practice Areas

Murder and Manslaughter

Homicide is any act that directly or indirectly causes the death of another person. There are several charges that involve homicide: first degree murder, second degree murder, manslaughter, infanticide and criminal negligence causing death.

Impaired Driving

Impaired driving means driving any motor vehicle, including: a car, truck, boat, snowmobile, aircraft, train, etc., when the ability to operate the motor vehicle is impaired by alcohol or drugs.

Domestic Violence

Charges of violence or threats of violence against a family or household member are taken more seriously than charges of violence against a stranger. There are different, more severe penalties.

Drug Trafficking/Possession

In Canada, the Controlled Drug and Substances Act (1996), regulates the possession and distribution of controlled substances. Controlled substances, as defined by Schedules I – VII ( SCHEDULE ), are illegal to possess, traffic, grow, produce, import and obtain.

Sexual Assault

Sexual assault is not an offence that is specifically defined in the Criminal Code. The definition of “assault” in the Criminal Code applies to all forms of assault, so at its core, a sexual assault involves the intentional application of force to another person, without that person’s consent.

Assaults and Violent Offences

An assault-related charge can range from a simple assault, which involves the willful intention to threaten, or attempt to inflict, bodily harm to another person or persons.

Firearm Offences

There are regulations that govern how an individual may possess, carry, and store a firearm under the Firearms Act.

Theft and Property Offences

Theft includes a broad spectrum of behaviour, from shoplifting to theft from an employer. At a basic level, a “theft” is committed when one person takes or converts another person’s property and intends to deprive that person of their property.

Fraud

To commit a fraud is to deceitfully obtain items of value including but not limited to goods, services, money, or property.

Youth Offences

Young people are treated quite differently than adults by the criminal justice system. This is because it is understood that young people lack the experience and judgment of adults; they are not fully mature and have not yet developed their adult identities.

Appeals

Ground-breaking revolutions in Canadian Law most often occur at the Appellate level. Perseverance is not simply a strength of the Lawyers at Brodsky, Amy, and Gould—it is part of our ideology. Cutting edge advancements in the law are created at the Appeal stage.

Driving Offences

The criminal offence of fraud covers a wide range of crimes, including identity theft, uttering and publishing forged documents, forging documents, breach of trust, and credit card fraud, as well as white collar crimes.