Advocate Daily » Lawrence Gridin http://advocatedaily.com Ontario's Legal News Fri, 24 May 2013 16:48:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Police officer’s murder charge thrown out http://advocatedaily.com/2013/03/police-officers-murder-charge-thrown-out/ http://advocatedaily.com/2013/03/police-officers-murder-charge-thrown-out/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:27:18 +0000 Candice MacLean http://www.advocatedaily.com/?p=19885  A thrown-out second-degree murder charge against a member of the Toronto Emergency Task Force whose gun discharged and killed a man during an apartment raid is a complete vindication for a top-notch officer, Toronto criminal lawyer Peter Brauti says in the Toronto Star.  Read Toronto Star “He’s a five-star officer with an impeccable record,” Brauti, partner with Brauti [...]

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]]> http://advocatedaily.com/2013/03/police-officers-murder-charge-thrown-out/feed/ 0 Peel police officer acquitted of assault http://advocatedaily.com/2012/08/peel-police-officer-acquitted-of-assault/ http://advocatedaily.com/2012/08/peel-police-officer-acquitted-of-assault/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:13:20 +0000 AdvocateDaily Staff http://www.advocatedaily.com/?p=11324 A Peel police officer was acquitted of assaulting a man near a bus terminal in the summer of 2010. Const. Christopher Furlotte was found not guilty of a charge of assault causing bodily harm by Justice Neil Kozloff during a lawful arrest. Furlotte’s lawyer Peter Brauti, partner at Brauti Thorning Zibarras, tells the Toronto Star [...]

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]]> http://advocatedaily.com/2012/08/peel-police-officer-acquitted-of-assault/feed/ 0 Delay in G20 police discipline process causes hardship, says Gridin http://advocatedaily.com/2012/06/delay-in-g20-police-discipline-process-causes-hardship-says-gridin/ http://advocatedaily.com/2012/06/delay-in-g20-police-discipline-process-causes-hardship-says-gridin/#comments Fri, 08 Jun 2012 11:29:00 +0000 AdvocateDaily Staff http://www.advocatedaily.com/?p=9127 The Toronto Police Services Board’s decision to extend the deadline for laying G20-related disciplinary charges against eight officers has “condemned the officers to suffer continued economic and emotional hardship, possibly for years,” says Toronto criminal lawyer Lawrence Gridin in a written argument filed with the Ontario Divisional Court. The case was covered in a story [...]

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]]> http://advocatedaily.com/2012/06/delay-in-g20-police-discipline-process-causes-hardship-says-gridin/feed/ 0 New crime laws now in effect: what happens next? http://advocatedaily.com/2012/04/new-crime-laws-now-in-effect-what-happens-next/ http://advocatedaily.com/2012/04/new-crime-laws-now-in-effect-what-happens-next/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:39:21 +0000 AdvocateDaily Staff http://www.advocatedaily.com/?p=7736 Toronto criminal lawyer Lawrence Gridin predicts that with the passage of the omnibus crime bill into law, more Canadians will be going to jail. And, Gridin further suggests that the courts will see a jump in the number of trials that take place as a direct result of the Safe Streets and Communities Act provisions [...]

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