Author Archives: On behalf of Hicks Adams

Wilful Blindness & a Driver’s Obligation to Investigate

May 7, 2021
A road at night representing a driver's obligation to investigate if they hit something

Court of Appeal: FaceTime Call Qualifies as a “Visual Recording”

April 22, 2021
A smartphone representing the fact that live video calls were found to be a visual recording by the Court of Appeal

Meet the Appeal Lawyers at Hicks Adams

April 16, 2021
Firm spotlight: The Appeals Team

SCC: Subjective Test Should be Applied for the Breach of Bail Conditions

April 6, 2021
A bedroom representing a man who accidentally breached his bail conditions when he didn't hear police at his door to check on him

The Defence of Self-Intoxication and Automatism & The Charter

March 17, 2021
Bottles of liquor at a bar representing the defence of self-intoxication and automatism

Hicks Adams COVID-19 Statement

March 19, 2020
Law Chambers sign in front of Hicks Adams

The Mandatory Victim Surcharge: Cruel and Unusual Punishment or “Simply a Consequence of Breaking the Law”?

December 12, 2016
Victim surcharge

Has the Canadian Justice System Failed Michael Kassa Even Worse than the US Justice System Failed Steven Avery?

November 3, 2016

All the Players Lose: The Oscar Pistorius Trial and Criminal in Justice in South Africa

November 3, 2016