The Adult Therapeutic Court (“ATC”) is one example of the criminal justice system attempting to divert less-serious offenders away from the court process.

This is a tricky question, as the advice lawyers often give is difficult to put into practice when one is actually faced with a police officer asking questions of you.

If you’re charged with an offence, the Criminal Code will often stipulate what kind of charge it is – an indictable, or a summary offence.

The Crown is charged with the task of reducing the number of charges being tried in courts. Therefore, the criminal justice system has introduced …