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Login to watch this video if you have a subscription. Learn more about subscriptions.Anne Marie McElroy, and Samantha Robinson cover everything counsel needs to know about conditional sentence breach proceedings, from the initial arrest on the CSO breach and/or new offence(s), the bail stage, resolving the new charges or setting them for trial, and the conditional sentence breach hearing itself. Panelists review trial case law as well as the appellate jurisprudence from the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada.
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Anne-Marie McElroy is a sole practitioner who practises exclusively criminal law. She completed her undergrad at the University of King’s College in Halifax and graduated from Ottawa University with her law degree in 2009. She practised at Hale Criminal Law Office and May & Konyer before founding McElroy Law in 2015. Anne-Marie is a director for the Defence Counsel Association of Ottawa and a member of the Community Adult Justice Network. Her blog won a 2015 Canadian Law Blog Award (Clawbie) for Best New Blog and a 2016 Clawbie for Best Practitioner Blog.
Samantha was called to the bar in 2013, and has practised almost exclusively in the area of criminal defence since that time. Samantha joined Addelman Baum Gilbert in 2014, prior to which she was a sole practitioner in Ottawa. During her time with the firm, she has represented clients at all levels of court in Ontario including trials and appeals on all charges from simple assaults to homicide. Samantha received her law degree from the University of Ottawa in 2012, and her Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Carleton University in 2009. Over the past four years Samantha has volunteered on the board of directors for Amethyst Womens’ Addiction Centre and the Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa, organizations that assist women in conflict with the law or struggling with addictions.
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