AGP LLP

05/20/2026

Congratulations to Women in Canadian Criminal Defence and AGP partner Keara Lundrigan their appearance at the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Burke-Whittaker.

Excellent advocacy. Excellent work product. And a reminder that some of the most important cases in the country are advanced through dedicated pro bono work and people willing to put in the hours for the right reasons.

We are proud to see Keara contributing to such an important intervention team.

05/01/2026

Hot off the presses from AGP partner Michael Spratt: Courts must consider immigration consequences in sentencing. Performative outrage by Members of Parliament has serious implications for judicial discretion and fairness. We need to insist that politicians are honesty when it comes to complex issues of Justice policy.

Rempel Garner’s manufactured outrage could have serious implications for judicial discretion

04/25/2026

AGP partner Michael Spratt was quoted in this article examining a recent Supreme Court of Canada decision.

The takeaway is simple: the Crown usually doesn’t need to prove the exact timing of an offence… except when it does.

Where timing matters to an alibi or the fairness of the trial, it can be everything. Where it doesn’t, it isn’t.

Clarity on principles like this is critical. The SCC communicated that clearly to the public. If the system expects confidence, it has to explain itself.

Supreme Court releases reasons why a prosecutor doesn’t have to prove the timing of a criminal offence beyond a reasonable doubt

04/22/2026

AGP LLP has been recognized by Canadian Lawyer as one of Canada’s Top Criminal Law Boutiques for 2026–27.

We’re honoured. Truly.

But let’s be honest—this is a practice area where the work doesn’t come from glossy brochures. It comes from real problems, real stakes, and sometimes very questionable decisions by people in authority.

We’re grateful to our clients for trusting us with those fights—and to our team for showing up, day after day, ready to take them on.

Winners show importance of courtroom advocacy to effective criminal defence

03/15/2024

There's an alarming trend of Conservative politicians thumbing their noses at the rule of law. And the last thing we need is political grifters like Poilievre meddling in lawful correctional decisions.

Saying conditions are like university campuses is the most absurd level of political theatre

02/16/2024

Fine, lets do this. It's time to stop letting Pierre Poilievre drive the conversation on car thefts – he is more interested in scoring cheap political points than proposing solutions:

His tough-on-crime approach is simplistic and ineffective

12/18/2023

Let’s not sugarcoat it – there is a palpable injustice within the walls of Canada’s prisons, and is time to give criminal courts the power to intervene:

We must give our justice system more tools to address misconduct by prison officials

10/20/2023

From AGP partner Michael Spratt: As we harvest our now-legal ma*****na & give ourselves a hearty pat on the back for our progressive pot laws, remember the undeniable truth: just because cannabis is not illegal, the most dangerous thing about w**d is still getting caught with it.

The Cannabis Control Act allows overzealous cops to justify searches

09/29/2023

The Liberal’s Bill C-48, which toughens bail conditions, is not ‘smart on crime.’ It’s dumb politics.

The new law forces the presumed innocent to jump through more hoops to avoid jail

08/24/2023

AGP LLP is pleased to announce partners Howard Krongold, C.S., and Michael Spratt, C.S., have both been recognized in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in Ottawa in the area of Criminal Defence.

Inclusion in Best Lawyers is based on a rigorous peer-review survey. For more than 40 years, Best Lawyers has been regarded—by both the

profession and the public—as the most credible measure of legal integrity and distinction. As such, recognition by Best Lawyers symbolizes excellence in practice.

It is an honour for our firm to have two partners to be recognized for excellence by our peers in the legal community. Membership in this exclusive group shows the depth of AGP’s trial and appellate experience in criminal defence. This is the type of excellence we bring to courts in Ottawa and across Ontario every day.

AGP is pleased to announce Howard Krongold and Michael Spratt are recognized in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in Ottawa for Criminal Law