The concept of solicitor-client privilege is a crucial legal principle that enables clients to confide in their lawyers with sensitive information. Given its significance to the client-lawyer relationship, it is essential for individuals to have a clear understanding of solicitor-client privilege.

If you’re charged with a criminal offence in Canada, the Crown prosecution must prove that you acted voluntarily to secure a conviction. Sometimes, if the actions you took were due to certain circumstances that left you with no other realistic choice, the defence of necessity can be used by a criminal defence lawyer to explain your actions during your case.

Criminal offences in Canada are generally classified as summary or indictable but there is a third category called hybrid offences.

Most people have probably heard of the term “alibi”. It means “elsewhere” (in Latin) and it’s used in criminal law to defend an accused person against allegations that he/she committed a crime by claiming that he/she was elsewhere at the time of the commission of the offence.

While a motive is not always needed when proving that a suspect has committed the crime in question (many people get convicted of crimes without proving motive), it often provides relevant circumstantial evidence that a judge or jury needs to consider and that can count towards a conviction.

Most people have probably heard of the term “alibi”. It means “elsewhere” (in Latin) and it’s used in criminal law to defend an accused person against allegations that he/she committed a crime by claiming that he/she was elsewhere at the time of the commission of the offence.

Accused Person: A person charged with a criminal offence. Accessory: A person that helps someone else commit a crime, either before or after the crime...