10B Criminal Law Center

05/20/2026

Thank you, Niagara, for ranking us the #1 Criminal Law Firm and the #1 Lawyer in the region!

05/20/2026

Strong communities are not formed through grand gestures alone, but through small acts of kindness, empathy, and human connection repeated every day, writes Sidney Zarabi.

Read my full column, published in the St. Catharines Standard.

05/03/2026

If police act on reasonable suspicion but proceed as though they have reasonable grounds, any evidence obtained can be excluded. That can significantly weaken—or even collapse—the prosecution’s case.

Understand reasonable suspicion vs. reasonable grounds Canada and how Bill C-22 affects police powers and your rights.

04/27/2026

YOUR TRUSTED DEFENCE PARTNER

04/15/2026

We are seeking a driven and capable Junior Associate Lawyer to join our growing criminal defence practice. This role is ideal for a recent call or early-career lawyer who is eager to gain meaningful courtroom experience and develop as a criminal litigator.

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04/08/2026

Niagara’s Mental Health and Drug Treatment Court Needs Support.

The court has been a success but could do more to assist marginalized people build stable lives with increased funding, writes Sidney Zarabi.

Read at Niagara Review, St. Catherines Standard, or Welland Tribune.

02/25/2026

Niagara’s overpopulated detention centre

Instead of jailing more people, Ontario should be working to reintegrate offenders back into society to reduce overcrowding while promoting accountability, public safety and long-term social stability, writes Sidney Zarabi.

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While it costs approximately $357 per day to keep a person incarcerated in Ontario, half of the province’s population earns less than $155 per calendar day before taxes are deducted.

This significant difference compels us to consider alternative approaches as we continue to safeguard our communities.

01/29/2026

Sidney Zarabi, a defence lawyer with 10(b) Criminal Law Center in St. Catharines, compared the situation to fighting a war of attrition, with neither side gaining ground.
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Zarabi said providing ample housing to meet the community’s needs will pay for itself through savings in the justice system.

01/29/2026

Sidney Zarabi, a defence lawyer with 10(b) Criminal Law Center in St. Catharines, compared the situation to fighting a war of attrition, with neither side gaining ground.

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Zarabi said providing ample housing to meet the community’s needs will pay for itself through savings in the justice system.

Read the article at Welland Tribune:
From jail to the homeless shelter: Released Niagara Detention Centre prisoner left at Welland church

01/21/2026

Rehabilitation and prevention are words that seem to have been lost in the vocabulary of our region’s justice system, writes Niagara-area defence lawyer Sidney Zarabi.

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If Niagara is serious about public safety, dignity and justice, then mental health care, housing and social supports must exist before the jail doors close, writes Sidney Zarabi.