At Aaron B. Harnett, Barrister & Solicitor, our focus is on criminal law.

In Canada, the reach of the criminal law grows greater every year. Police investigations intrude into the lives and businesses of Canadians more and more, and criminal law has become increasingly complicated.

Recent Articles

Show all Articles

Fine line between promoting accountability and vigilantism

04/21/2013

Online “hacktivist” groups like Anonymous create more issues than they solve by getting involved in criminal cases, says Toronto criminal lawyer Aaron Harnett. “Crowd-sourced case solving is a great way.. read more

SCC immigration ruling timely as influx of cases expected

03/07/2013

A recent ruling from Canada’s top court has made it clear that immigration consequences attached to a particular sentence can be taken into account by the sentencing judge – a.. read more

Supreme Court rescues unintelligible defence from human sympathy

01/05/2013

The Supreme Court of Canada’s judgment released today in R. v. Ryan tried to un-muddy some spectacularly murky water concerning the applicability of the defence of duress. The history of this case.. read more