The Challenges with Impaired by Drug Prosecutions

By Nick Cake, Associate Lawyer at Millars Law As the laws surrounding the use of marijuana evolve so has law enforcements response to drug impaired driving.  I have seen an increase lately in the number of impaired by drug investigations.  Just like alcohol impaired investigations, an officer investigating a drug impaired driving matter has the […]

Military Punishes Sexual Assault Victims

A recent CNN Expose detailed just how prevalent sexual assault remains in the U.S. military and more specifically, the despicable manner with which complaints are treated. As the report indicates, complaints by victims are often ignored or silenced.  However, this problem is not limited to the U.S. For decades, the Canadian military has sent mixed […]

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. […]

Phillip Millar Knighted into the Order of St.George

By Daniel Walker Phillip Millar, Veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces, victims rights advocate, trial lawyer and founder of Millars Law, recently added a new honour to his long list of accomplishments. Last month, Phillip was knighted into the Order of St. George for his service to the nation. The knighting ceremony took place at St. […]

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 […]