Insights Into High Profile Media Cases

By Phillip Millar Recently, I worked on a case involving two individuals featured on popular reality shows, Grandbenders and The Bachelorette respectively. Unsurprisingly, the media actively cared about these reality television stars and once again I got an insider’s look at how the “celebrification” of a case can have a serious impact on its outcome. […]

Pastime or Potential Trauma?

By Melissa Scott  Hockey is Canada’s sport, a national pastime that lives in our minds as an idyllic Norman Rockwell like landscape. We picture a father and son skating on a lake rink, engaging in some friendly hockey practice or a stadium cheering their favourite team to victory. As parents we understand the value of […]

The Night a Lawyer Was Illegally Arrested

Can you imagine being arrested for no reason and placed in handcuffs? “Impossible,” you might say, or “Unlikely at best.”  I, as a former Assistant Crown Attorney and defence lawyer thought it would never happen to me. It turns out I was sadly mistaken. If it could happen to me, imagine what could happen to […]

What to Do at a Ride Program

By Phillip Millar Disclaimer: Drinking and Driving is a scourge on our society.  People who put themselves behind the wheel when they are drunk pose a tremendous danger to other citizens and need to be punished. What to Do at a RIDE Program You worked late on a new project or on the late shift, you had […]

Survivor Support and Gender Issues

By Phillip Millar Far be it for me to proclaim expertise on gender issues. There are whole university departments dedicated to studying gender issues. But as a professional dealing with survivors of sexual abuse I can’t help but notice how gender pervades the dialogue about the treatment care and recovery of survivors of sexual abuse. […]

On the Fence of Justice

By Phillip Millar It may be called the Justice System, but often the result is not justice, the result is a verdict. But before one ever gets to a verdict the ‘Justice’ System often sees a man convicted before he gets a day in trial. Although our society embraces the concept of Innocence Until Proven […]