KAREN BASTOW
2024
- In the context of acrimonious family law dispute, client charged criminally with historical sexual assaults between 2017 and 2023, an offence of sexual assault cause bodily harm with threats’ weapon/choking in 2021, uttering threats to cause death and bodily harm in 2023, and a sexual assault in 2023, after a lengthy trial, client found not guilty on all counts.
- Professional Discipline: Successful dismissal of a College investigation into medical professional after making submissions, providing witness statements and engaging in an interview with the College investigator.
- Refugee claim granted refugee status after a hearing at the Immigration and Refugee Board
2023
- Immigration Appeal – won an appeal of a family sponsorship application denied on the basis that marriage was not genuine; marriage ruled to be genuine after submissions, argument and calling of witnesses by counsel.
- Sexual Assault – Accused charged with multiple years of anal rape of two complainants, acquittal on sexual assault charges with respect to both complainants
- Wills and Estates – 3.4 million dollar estate, challenge to the will by beneficiary, settled at mediation
- Wills and Estates – 2.4 million dollar estate, challenge to the will by beneficiary, settled between counsel
- Sexual assault and sexual touching of person under the age of 16 – acquittal at trial
- Crypto-currency fraud investigation – resolved without proceeding to charges
- Use of self-defense interview
2022
- Possession for the purposes of trafficking and trafficking, large quantity of fentanyl;, methamphetamine, cocaine – stay of proceedings prior to trial
- Possession for the purposes of trafficking and trafficking, large quantity of fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine – 18 month sentence
- Action for criminal contempt in business litigation – ruling no criminal contempt
- Murder and other homicides (older cases)
- One acquittal and multiple charges reduced at trial.
DAVID MILBURN
- 2023 – client charged with sexually assaulting – touching and placing penis near teen’s anus- an under age 16 neighborhood friend of his daughter – acquitted/found not guilty after trial
- 2024 – client, a male taxi driver – charged with sexually assaulting a paying female passenger when he arrived at her home – acquitted/found not guilty after trial
- 2024 – government worker charged with sexually assaulting 17 year old boy, stay of proceedings on the eve of trial despite text message evidence.
- 2024 – client defrauded employer over $100,000. Negotiated a resolution that did not result in jail.
- 2924 – Home invasion/sktrain stabbing – negotiation that did not result in jail.
- MURDER – multiple acquittals.