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w w w . C A N A D I A N L a w y e r m a g . c o m M A Y 2 0 1 8 41 Stockwoods Civil Litigation, Toronto stockwoods.ca Stockwoods LLP represents clients in commercial, civil, criminal and regulatory litigation. The firm's 18 lawyers represent a broad spectrum of clients including business entities and executives, financial institutions, government organizations, Indig- enous groups, police services, judges, regulated professionals and professional regulators, as well as corporate and individual defendants in white collar and other serious criminal prosecutions. Recent mandates include assisting the judges administering the IRSSA, defending Uber partners in regulatory prosecutions, prosecuting and defending before the OSC and LSO, defending Wenger S.A.'s Swiss flag trademark at the FCA, defending class actions involving foreign exchange trading and a publicly traded REIT and successfully defending ORNGE regarding a fatal air crash. Stockwoods' commercial litigation practice includes both commercial and corporate disputes, fraud actions and securities and competition law class proceedings. The firm is experienced in representing parties at commissions of inquiry (currently at the MMIWG Inquiry) and coroners' inquests. Stock- woods' recent SCC cases range from digital privacy (R. v. Marakah) to Indig- enous rights (Clyde River), fair trial rights in regulatory prosecutions (R. v. Peers), foreign corruption (World Bank Group v. Wallace) and private interna- tional law (Google v. Equustek). TOP 10 CIVIL LITIGATION BOUTIQUES Woods LLP, Montreal litigationboutique.com Woods LLP is a boutique firm spe- cializing in litigation, arbitration and insolvency. Its lawyers are bilingual, trained in civil and common law and called to the bar in various jurisdic- tions in Canada, the U.S., France and England. They act for public and private companies, private persons, associations and governments in all manners of corporate and commercial litigation, before all levels of courts and tribunals in Canada, including disputes relating to commercial con- tracts, corporate liability and govern- ance, directors' and officers' liability, shareholders' or other stakeholders' disputes, class actions and securities litigation. Woods is also retained in matters relating to professional liability as well as in matters involving product and manufacturers' liability, employ- ment law, defamation, emergency injunctions and various disputes in the construction, energy, agri-business, IT and financial services industries. The firm' insolvency practice has grown significantly in recent years. It is also one of the few firms in Canada with an international arbitration practice. Get expert insight into the impact of key rulings on Canadian criminal law Available risk-free for 30 days Online: store.thomsonreuters.ca Call Toll-Free: 1-800-387-5164 In Toronto: 416-609-3800 Order # L7798-8103-65203 $173 Hardcover February 2018 approx. 1300 pages 978-0-7798-8103-1 Shipping and handling are extra. Price(s) subject to change without notice and subject to applicable taxes. Strengthen your grasp of substantive criminal law with Learning Canadian Criminal Law, 14th Edition. This esteemed title from two of Canada's most recognized scholars in the field has been thoroughly updated and re-edited. New in the 14th edition Legislative changes considered include the new offence to criminalize the purchase of sex, anti-terrorism provisions enacted in Bill C-51 and limiting the partial provocation defence to murder. Also addressed are current Federal bills to remove Criminal Code provisions declared to violate the Charter, repeal anachronistic provisions, complex legal burden and reverse onus provisions, to amend sexual assault laws and to return to discretion not to award victim surcharges. Major new Supreme Court decisions include: • Tatton: arson is a crime of general intent to which voluntary intoxication is no defence • K.R.J.: Oakes test for demonstrably justifying Charter violations under s. 1 • Carter: prohibiting assisted suicide as overbroad • Nur, Lloyd: cruel and unusual s. 12 Charter standard against mandatory minima Other major decisions are: • Barton (Alta. C.A.): calling for new model jury instructions for sexual assault • Cormier (N.B. C.A.): new defence of person and property • Willis (Man. C.A.): duress no defence to murder • Campione (Ont. C.A.): meaning of "wrong" in s. 16 New Edition Learning Canadian Criminal Law, 14th Edition Don Stuart, B.A., LL.B., Dipl. In Criminology, D. Phil., and Steve Coughlan, B.A., M.A., LL.B., Ph.D. © 2018 Thomson Reuters Canada Limited 00250IX-91656-NP

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