Canada: Criminal Law

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) operates a dedicated unit known as the Criminal Investigations Program. This division is responsible for investigating tax fraud, tax evasion, and other tax-related offences.

Aspiring authors often dream of landing a literary agent to represent their work and secure a publishing deal.

What happens if parties to a contract (or one party) realize that the contract entered into does not accurately reflect their true intentions? In certain circumstances...

The Government of Canada's revised Ineligibility and Suspension Policy (Ineligibility Policy), which came into effect on May 31, 2024, expands the circumstances under which vendors...

Lawyer-client administrative information, including payments into and out of trust accounts, is presumptively and rebuttably privileged.

Developed by our Corporate Crime, Compliance and Investigations group, Focus on Investigations covers some of the key issues that investigators should take care to consider when undertaking internal investigations.

On December 21, 2011, the Canadian federal government released a consultation paper (the Consultation Paper) containing certain proposals to strengthen Canada’s anti-money laundering (AML) and anti-terrorist financing (ATF) legislative framework, which is administered through the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLA) and related regulations (collectively, AML Legislation).

On November 8, 2011 the Department of Finance (the "Department") issued a consultation paper seeking input on some proposed amendments to the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Regulations (the "Regulations") related to ascertaining identity (the "Consultation Paper").

CSA release revised staff notice regarding terrorist financing reporting obligations As reported in our post of July 30, 2010, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published CSA Staff Notice 31-317 (Revised) – Reporting Obligations Related to Terrorist Financing on July 30, 2010 (the Revised Notice), updating their initial release of April 16, 2010

US reports reveal alarming rates of misconduct and sexual assault complaints on ride-share apps like Uber and Lyft, with one report filed every 8 minutes.

Understanding how criminal law can influence family law decisions is essential when you're involved in both types of proceedings.

Canada, and much of the rest of the world, have been closely following the trial of five Canadian hockey players accused of sexual assault.