Sabsay Lawyers

06/23/2023

Patrick Colquhoun, our former amazing articling student, is now Patrick Colquhoun, Esq., our amazing new associate lawyer!

04/16/2023

https://youtu.be/VmqH5dWSsZg

Welcome to another episode of the Creative Spin Podcast! In this episode, we have a special guest, Lorne Sabsay, a renowned criminal defence lawyer and civil...

09/28/2022

10 days from now, award-winning documentary has its TO theatrical premiere. Thanksgiving weekend, October 8 & 9, come out for a great film, good discussion. Trailer, details & ticket link at Roselyn.ca/

Sometimes, we all need to be told: feeling the hurts doesn't make you weak; taking the hits & then opening yourself again makes you resilient.
Oct. 8&9, this film is coming to Toronto. 7pm screenings with discussions to follow about the film & how we can heal.

08/23/2022

We are all about relationship. That's what keeps us loving what we do. If the lawyer-client relationship breaks down, that can lead to some acrimonious lawsuits. In an interview with CBC, Lorne Sabsay, who practises both criminal and civil litigation, says that for a lawyer to litigate against their own former client is exceedingly rare and means relations have become
"a whole lot more than just strained — they're at an end..." -client

A $5-million lawsuit claiming town officials in Grand Bend held secret meetings and abused their authority to prevent a private zoo from establishing itself in the Ontario town has disintegrated into infighting between the zoo and its lawyers over unpaid legal fees.

12/11/2021

Filipina journalist Maria Ressa and Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov accepted the Nobel Peace Prize Friday for their “efforts to safeguard freedom of expression.” “There are so many more journalists persecuted in the shadows with neither exposure nor support, and governments are doubling down...

10/03/2021

Last Wednesday, CAMH provided its statement on decriminalization of drugs. You can read it here. Another step forward in society’s continuing efforts to eradicate the useless, racist, and deadly “war on drugs”

08/27/2021

“You can’t use a criminal charge (and an absence of a conviction) against someone as “evidence” in a civil proceeding,” writes our associate. ”Sounds reasonable,“ yet we often have to argue/teach this in civil proceedings. A great many civil litigators don’t often go to trial, therefore aren’t as familiar with the relevant rules, especially rules of evidence. Headed by a lawyer with upwards of 30 years’ experience in criminal defense, one of our firm‘s strengths is utilizing the rules of evidence to protect our clients. Counsel cannot use criminal charges against a party in a civil case unless the Court grants a Wagg Order to do so. Our associate, Jessica Parise, explains in her article, ”Production of police or Crown files not ‘Wagg-ing the dog’ on criminal files”

https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/business/articles/29242/production-of-police-or-crown-files-not-wagg-ing-the-dog-on-criminal-files

07/28/2021

Officers recount the January 6 riot at the first hearing of a US House special committee investigating the insurrection.