I was very lucky to have Matthew Day as my lawyer over a year ago. When I think about where I could have ended up if I didn't have such a great lawyer is scary. It was an extremely stressful time in my life, but having Matthew Day as my lawyer made the ordeal bearable. […]
I wanted to thank Mr. Michael Johnston for the excellent work he did as my attorney. I know he has a lot of clients, so his quick responses and attention to the details really meant a lot to me. Without Mr. Johnston’s help, I know that I would not have had the successful outcomes that […]
Our client was new to Ottawa. He met the complainant on a dating application. A few days later, they met for a first date at a nearby restaurant. They made plans to meet the following day for a second date. After they had to cancel the second date, the complainant invited our client up to […]
To be charged under the Criminal Code can be very stressful event, more so for certain people affected by stress. There can be quite a time span between the time the charges are laid, to the final judgment. It is a period when life and its future appear on hold, where the weight of a […]
Our client and the complainant were in a domestic relationship. According to the complainant, she and our client were engaged in consensual sexual activity on two occasions where he crossed the line into non-consensual sexual activity. According to our client, all of their sexual activity was entirely consensual. The complainant brought her allegations to the […]
Our client allegedly downloaded child pornography images and then uploaded one image to a website. That upload led to an investigation culminating with a search warrant on the client’s home. During the search, the investigators located two important electronic devise – one hard drive with alleged child pornography and one cell phone with alleged child […]
Doyle’s Guide is an online publication that identifies the “Leading Law Firms” and “Leading Lawyers” in Commonwealth countries, including Canada. On 2 November 2020, Shore Johnston Hyslop Day LLP was named one of Ottawa’s “Leading Criminal Law Firms.” On the same date, Leonard M. Shore, Q.C., was named a “Leading” criminal lawyer in Ottawa, while Matthew […]
On 7 October 2020, the case of R v Chouhan was argued before the Supreme Court of Canada. This case dealt with the constitutionality of recent amendments to jury trial procedures, in particular, the elimination of “peremptory challenges” and the elimination of the “rotating triers” procedure. The Defence Counsel Association of Ottawa (DCAO) intervened in […]
Our client picked one of our lawyers off the list in police cells. Months earlier, he had been charged with assaulting his girlfriend and released on bail conditions that prohibited him from contacting that girlfriend - he had a trial scheduled, but no lawyer. A few months later, he had been charged with breaching his […]
Our client was bound by a probation order, two firearms prohibition orders, and bail conditions from Toronto. One day, he was in a car with two or three other men in Ottawa when the car ran a red light and crashed into another vehicle. According to an off-duty police officer, our client climbed out of […]
