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In this case our client had received an Order of Monetary Penalty – an automatic penalty imposed by merely receiving an offence by police for ‘overcrowding’ a night club. This [...]

In this case our client (a restaurant/bar) was charged with over crowding and over serving patrons. Peter Swales expertly dismantled the crown’s witnesses and demonstrated that their [...]

In this case the defendant was convicted at trail for Failing to Properly Wear Seatbelt s. 106(2) of the Highway Traffic Act. The evidence of the officer was that they passed the defendant [...]

In this case the trial paralegal was successful in obtaining a stay of proceedings following their motion under the Canadian Charger of Rights and freedoms, s. 24(1) for a stay of the charge [...]

Our client on appeal was convicted at trial even though identification of the offending driver had not been established by the evidence presented by the prosecutor. My written arguments were [...]

The courts of Ontario have moved almost completely to conducting all hearings to virtual platforms. The vast majority are conducted by ZOOM. SW Legal Services PC paralegals have extensive [...]

The Ontario government has made increased penalties to all convictions for Driving With Handheld Device under s.78.1 of the Ontario Highway Traffic Act. If you are convicted for driving while [...]

This is just a friendly reminder to everyone that SW Legal Services doesn’t just represent clients for traffic tickets.  We specialize in a number of practice areas.  On a daily basis we [...]