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Your Rights

What is the Defence of Duress?

Canadian law only punishes voluntary conduct – behavior that is the product of a free will and a controlled body. It is only when someone’s...

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What is the Defence of Necessity?

Canadian law only punishes voluntary conduct – behavior that is the product of a free will and controlled body. It is only when someone’s actions...

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Can I Defend Myself?

It is normally a criminal offence to apply force to another person’s body without their consent. However, Canadian law recognizes certain circumstances where an individual...

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Can I Defend My Property?

It is normally a criminal offence to apply force to another person’s body without their consent. However, Canadian law recognizes certain circumstances where an individual...

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What You Need to Know if the Police Want to Speak with You

In Canada, you have the right to remain silent. This right is constitutionally protected and enshrined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In most...

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Your Rights

What is the Defence of Duress?

What is the Defence of Necessity?

Can I Defend Myself?

Can I Defend My Property?

What You Need to Know if the Police Want to Speak with You

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STRAIGHTFORWARD, DOWN-TO-EARTH, NO-NONSENSE ADVICE

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