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Can A Formal Admission Follow You Into A Later Trial? Wiwchar Sets A High Bar For Transposing Admissions Between Criminal Trials

If you make a formal admission in one criminal trial, can the Crown use it in a later, unrelated prosecution—even for an offence that was not charged when you made the admission?

Canada Criminal

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Commercial Litigation Update: Combatting Cryptocurrency Fraud

The rapid increase in popularity of cryptocurrency has been accompanied by an equally rapid rise in fraud and challenges to those seeking to lawfully trade in digital assets.

Canada Criminal

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Blaney McMurtry LLP

Safety Systems On Trial: Corporate Criminal Negligence In R V. J. Cote & Son Excavating Ltd.

On December 11, 2025, the Supreme Court of British Columbia convicted J. Cote & Son Excavating Ltd. of criminal negligence causing death and criminal negligence causing bodily...

Canada Criminal

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Can You Sue For An Internet Scam? Online Fraud Litigation & Money Recovery Explained

Internet scams have evolved into sophisticated, cross-border operations costing victims billions each year. Agencies such as the FTC and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre continue to report rising fraud losses driven by phishing, fake investment platforms, and cryptocurrency schemes.

Canada Criminal

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Watson Goepel LLP

Fraude Financière : Quand Le Temps Devient Un Adversaire

Canada Criminal

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Fasken (French)

Financial Fraud: Keeping Time On Your Side

Canada Criminal

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Fasken

The Ultimate Disinheritance: How The Slayer Rule Slashes Estate Entitlements

Canada Criminal

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Lerners LLP

Health Professionals Must Report Criminal Charges: A Regulatory Risk That Cannot Be Ignored

Canada Criminal

RS

Rosen Sunshine LLP

Sexual Assault Class Actions: One Size Does Not Always Fit All

Canada Criminal

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Gluckstein Lawyers

The Full Court Press - Stopping Fraudsters Dead In Their Tracks

Canada Criminal

BM

Blaney McMurtry LLP

Bill C-16: Updates To Canada's Federal Child Sexual Abuse And Exploitation Material Reporting Regime

Canada Criminal

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

When Internal Controls Falter: Lessons From Molson's Fraud Allegations

Canada Criminal

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McMillan LLP

Customs Rules & Criminal Offences

Canada Criminal

MK

Millar Kreklewetz

Rethinking Justice For Survivors Of Sexual Violence

Canada Criminal

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Siskinds LLP

When A Donation Is Not Really A Gift: The Court's Rejects On Tax-Driven Charity Arrangements, Gifts Must Be Genuine; Walby v. Canada (2025 FCA 94)

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

2026 Canadian In-House Counsel Report: Unparalleled Insights Into Canada's In-House Profession From CBA In-House Lawyers & Mondaq

Canada Law Practice

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CBA In-House Lawyers

B.C. Budget 2026: Real Estate Highlights

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Fasken

Canada's Anti-Deferral Regime And The FAPI Rules: When Offshore Trust Structures Trigger More Tax

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Permanent Establishment And Remote Work: OECD's 2025 Update And Your Organization

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

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Eye-Watering (But Not Unconstitutional) Penalties: Competition Tribunal Dismisses Google’s AMP Challenge

In Canada (Commissioner of Competition) v. Google Canada Corporation and Google LLC, 2026 Comp Trib 10, the Competition Tribunal dismissed a constitutional challenge to subsection 79...

Canada Anti-trust

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Commercial Litigation Update: Combatting Cryptocurrency Fraud

The rapid increase in popularity of cryptocurrency has been accompanied by an equally rapid rise in fraud and challenges to those seeking to lawfully trade in digital assets.

Canada Criminal

BM

Blaney McMurtry LLP

Private Credit Northbound: Key Legal And Structural Considerations For U.S. Lenders Lending Into Canada

It is no secret that private credit has not achieved the same level of market penetration in Canada as it has in the United States and Europe.

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Motion For Certificate Of Pending Litigation Dismissed In Assignment Dispute (Roopchan v. Abeywardena)

Canada Real Estate

GR

Gardiner Roberts LLP

"Too Good To Be True" Returns: Ontario Judge Orders Ponzi Investors To Repay Profits

Canada Insolvency

DS

Devry Smith Frank LLP

The Presumption Of Early Vesting And The Need For Clear Language In A Will To Rebut It

Canada Litigation

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Clark Wilson LLP

Can You Sue For An Internet Scam? Online Fraud Litigation & Money Recovery Explained

Canada Criminal

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Watson Goepel LLP

Fraude Financière : Quand Le Temps Devient Un Adversaire

Canada Criminal

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Fasken (French)

Financial Fraud: Keeping Time On Your Side

Canada Criminal

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Fasken

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Corporate Crime

Government Of Canada Revises Ineligibility And Suspension Policy For Suppliers

The Government of Canada's revised Ineligibility and Suspension Policy (Ineligibility Policy), which came into effect on May 31, 2024, expands the circumstances under which vendors...

Canada Criminal

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Payments And Privilege (Solicitor-Client): Producing Lawyer's Trust LedgersSakab Saudi Holding Company Et Al. v. Saad Khalid S. Al Jabri Et Al., 2024 ONSC 1601

Lawyer-client administrative information, including payments into and out of trust accounts, is presumptively and rebuttably privileged.

Canada Litigation

FR

Fogler, Rubinoff LLP

Investigation Checklist

Developed by our Corporate Crime, Compliance and Investigations group, Focus on Investigations covers some of the key issues that investigators should take care to consider when undertaking internal investigations.

Canada Criminal

DP

DLA Piper

Special Considerations In Multi-Jurisdictional Investigations - Focus On Investigations: Part 7

Canada Criminal

DP

DLA Piper

Canadian Corporate Crime, Compliance And Investigations Group Launches Series Focused On Internal Investigations

Canada Criminal

DP

DLA Piper

Confession, Cooperation, And Compliance: Mitigating Consequences Of Alleged Bribery And Corruption Through Self-Reporting

Canada Criminal

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McMillan LLP

Publications Transport Canada Roadmap Provides Direction On Consent Agreements

Canada Criminal

ML

McMillan LLP

Preventing And Detecting Employee Fraud

Canada Criminal

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Scott Venturo Rudakoff LLP

Collecting On A Loss Following An Employee Fraud

Canada Criminal

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Scott Venturo Rudakoff LLP

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Crime

Can A Formal Admission Follow You Into A Later Trial? Wiwchar Sets A High Bar For Transposing Admissions Between Criminal Trials

If you make a formal admission in one criminal trial, can the Crown use it in a later, unrelated prosecution—even for an offence that was not charged when you made the admission?

Canada Criminal

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Private Credit Northbound: Key Legal And Structural Considerations For U.S. Lenders Lending Into Canada

It is no secret that private credit has not achieved the same level of market penetration in Canada as it has in the United States and Europe.

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Safety Systems On Trial: Corporate Criminal Negligence In R V. J. Cote & Son Excavating Ltd.

On December 11, 2025, the Supreme Court of British Columbia convicted J. Cote & Son Excavating Ltd. of criminal negligence causing death and criminal negligence causing bodily...

Canada Criminal

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Can You Sue For An Internet Scam? Online Fraud Litigation & Money Recovery Explained

Canada Criminal

WG

Watson Goepel LLP

Does Section 11 Of The Charter Apply To Civil Contempt Proceedings?

Canada Litigation

CC

CLC (Canadian Litigation Counsel)

The Ultimate Disinheritance: How The Slayer Rule Slashes Estate Entitlements

Canada Criminal

LL

Lerners LLP

Plastics Ban Survives (For Now): FCA Clarifies Cabinet's Role In The Regulation Of Toxic Substances

Canada Environment

BL

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Health Professionals Must Report Criminal Charges: A Regulatory Risk That Cannot Be Ignored

Canada Criminal

RS

Rosen Sunshine LLP

When CRA And Revenu Québec Tax Audits Turn Into Criminal Investigations: Insights From Gravel V. Agence Du Revenu Du Québec

RS

Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

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Latest Videos

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Thinkhouse Unlocked: Fraud In Times Of Crisis

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Gowling WLG

Why Should You Hire A Criminal Defence Lawyer? (Video)

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Devry Smith Frank LLP

Business In Vancouver - Sean Boyle, Corporate Fraud (Video Content)

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Preparing For The Regulatory Road Ahead with Daniel Marion (Video)

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

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