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Street Legal focuses on the professional and private lives of the partners in a small Toronto, Ontario law firm. The primary stars are Sonja Smits, Eric Peterson and C. David Johnson, and the cast also includes Julie Khaner, Albert Schultz, Cynthia Dale, Maria del Mar, Ron Lea, Anthony Sherwood and Diane Polley.
Brian Greenspan, Toronto, Ontario, 2012. Brian H. Greenspan, (born March 14, 1947 in Niagara Falls, Ontario) is a Canadian criminal defence lawyer.He is the senior partner in the Toronto firm Greenspan, Humphrey, Makepeace LLP and one of the most prominent defence lawyers in Canada.
For a first offence, a $1000 fine and a 12-month driving prohibition, For a second offence, 30 days of jail and a 24-month driving prohibition, and; For a third or subsequent offence, 120 days of jail and a 36-month driving prohibition. Drinking and driving offences are prior offences for refuse to comply offences, and vice versa. [24]
The Criminal Code (French: Code criminel) is a law of the Parliament of Canada that codifies most criminal offences and procedures in Canada.Its official long title is An Act respecting the Criminal Law (French: Loi concernant le droit criminel).
Section 1 of the Act covers definitions and application of the Act to places other than highways. The definition of "highway" in the Act is broad in nature to include "a common and public highway, street, avenue, parkway, driveway, square, place, bridge, viaduct or trestle, any part of which is intended for or used by the general public for the passage of vehicles and includes the area between ...
Examples of offences which are always summary offences include trespassing at night (section 177), [2] causing a disturbance (section 175) [2] and taking a motor vehicle without the owner's consent (section 335) [2] (an equivalent to the British TWOC). Summary conviction offences are tried by a judge alone in the province's provincial court.
Crown attorneys or crown counsel (French: Procureur(e) de la Couronne) or, in Alberta and New Brunswick, crown prosecutors [1] [2] [note 1] are the prosecutors in the legal system of Canada. Crown attorneys represent the Crown and act as prosecutor in proceedings under the Criminal Code and various other statutes.
The Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC; French: Service des poursuites pénales du Canada (SPPC)) was established on December 12, 2006, by the Director of Public Prosecutions Act. [2] A federal agency, the PPSC prosecutes offences on behalf of the Government of Canada .