The ReeveLaw Blog

Think about it. The Province owns and administers the court buildings. The Province pays the Judges. The Province pays the Crown Attorneys. The Province funds Legal Aid Ontario. The Province has a huge backlog of criminal cases. A Judge does not have the power to compel the Crown to withdraw any charge, so the Province is prepared to pay a lawyer to help you plead guilty, regardless of financial eligibility, but not for your trial.

The judicial system is using Judically-Led Intensive Case Managed Courts to deal with the huge pandemic backlog. What’s going to give?

“The law allows people living in violent or abusive relationships to fill out an online application asking police to share any violent criminal history of their domestic partners.”