Being charged with a sexual assault crime is a serious situation that may lead to lifelong collateral consequences if convicted. Some of these consequences include registration on the National Sex Offender Registry (NSOR), employment restrictions and/or termination, unwanted publicity, travel restrictions, and more. You may be stressed about what to do after receiving such allegations […]
Being accused of a sexual assault you did not commit is one of the most distressing situations a person can face, and it happens more often than many people assume, though far less often than some headlines suggest. False allegations arise for a range of reasons, from genuine memory error and mistaken identity to regret, […]
In the summer of 2020, you may have seen a petition circulating social media urging the Crown to appeal two related cases that were heard at the Ontario Court of Appeal: R. v. Sullivan and R. v. Chan. The issue pinpointed by this petition and the attention surrounding these cases seemed to be that they […]
