In 2020, Simon Borys and Kate Mitchell of Borys Law--a boutique law firm in Kingston, Ontario that focuses on parole and correctional law--launched a test case, on behalf of a number of inmates serving life or indeterminate sentences, in coordination with the John Howard Society of Canada (represented by Paul Quick, a staff lawyer with the Queen's Law School Prison Law Clinic) to challenge whether the writ of habeas corpus can be used to...
Simon Borys was recently interviewed for an article in The Lawyers Daily about the crisis in federal correctional institutions due to the programming backlog Simon is quoted in the article as saying:
“This has been a problem for almost all of my clients, at every federal institution, since the pandemic started. Programs are either cancelled, or running with reduced class sizes, and there are often delays when units are shut down due to COVID...
Simon Borys was recently interviewed for an article in The Lawyers Daily about R v Bissonnette, the recent case from the Supreme Court that dealt with the constitutionality of stacked life sentences. Simon intervened in the case on behalf of the Canadian Prison Law Association." Simon is quoted in the article as saying:
"their client “is very pleased” with the decision. “The facts of this case, as with all cases of multiple murders, are...
On April 20, 2020, Simon Borys was quoted in The Star on how COVID-19 is impacting the availability of beds in halfway houses, see story here.
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For the full story, see: https://globalnews.ca/news/6511044/guilty-plea-deferred-kingston-teen-terrorism/
Past performance is not indicative of future results, and outcomes will vary according to the facts of individual cases. This site is intended for information purposes only. None of the information on this site should be considered “legal advice.” Information on this website (including blog posts and answers to frequently asked...
Past performance is not indicative of future results, and outcomes will vary according to the facts of individual cases. This site is intended for information purposes only. None of the information on this site should be considered “legal advice.” Information on this website (including blog posts and answers to frequently asked questions) is the opinion of the author only and is not warrantied or guaranteed to be an exhaustive, definitive,...
On October 20, 2019, Simon Borys gave a presentation on correctional law at the 31st DCAO/CCLA Criminal Law Conference. He presented his paper "A Practical Guide to Correctional Law Issues", which can be found here. Past performance is not indicative of future results, and outcomes will vary according to the facts of individual cases. This site is intended for information purposes only. None of the information on this site should be considered...
On September 11, 2019, the Crown dropped a charge of uttering threats against a young person in Kingston also charged with terrorism-related offences. For the full story, see:
On May 10, 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) v. Chhina. The majority upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal of Alberta, which found that immigration detainees can bring habeas corpus applications to challenge their detention. The fact that a review procedure exists under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act does not bar those in immigration detention from...
On April 12, 2019, Borys Law appeared before Justice Masse to respond to the federal and provincial Crowns' applications for a new bail hearing for a youth charged with terrorism offences. The youth was released to the care of two responsible persons on April 3rd, 2019, under section 31 of the Youth Criminal Justice Act. The Crowns subsequently requested a new bail hearing under section 33(1) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Justice Masse will...
