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Arun S. Maini, lawyer and founder of The Defence Group, has practised criminal law since 1995. He’s a graduate of the University of Toronto and Dalhousie University Law School. After completing his articles at a Bay St. law firm, Mr. Maini joined the federal Department of Justice as a prosecutor of drug trafficking, tax evasion, and immigration fraud cases in Toronto, Brampton and Vancouver. In 1999, Mr. Maini transferred to the provincial Crown attorney’s office in Brampton, where he prosecuted a wide range of criminal offences, from theft to murder. In 2003, Mr. Maini left the government to establish The Defence Group. Mr. Maini handles all criminal offences and regulatory prosecutions.

Over more than 25 years as a criminal lawyer, Mr. Maini has prosecuted and defended hundreds of criminal cases, and has extensive jury trial experience. Mr. Maini has also lectured at The Advocates’ Society and has taught advocacy at the Law Society and Osgoode Hall Law School’s Intensive Trial Advocacy program. Maini appears occasionally in the media to comment on criminal law – see examples from the CBC, the Toronto Star, and the National Post.

Ten Reasons Why It is Getting Harder to be Found Not Guilty in Sexual Assault Cases

Ten Reasons Why It is Getting Harder to be Found Not Guilty in Sexual Assault Cases

Posted By on 17-07-2017

Anyone can be charged with rape; it only takes a statement by a complainant motivated to report to the police. READ MORE

How Drunk Is Too Drunk? Consent In Sexual Assault Cases

How Drunk Is Too Drunk? Consent In Sexual Assault Cases

Posted By on 28-03-2017

Can a drunk person consent to sex? It happens all the time. READ MORE

Five Ways To Reduce Delay In The Courts

Five Ways To Reduce Delay In The Courts

Posted By on 21-03-2017

The justice system in Canada is in crisis. It is a crisis that has been building for decades, and for many reasons. READ MORE

Sexual Assault: Justice Doesn’t Always Mean Guilty

Sexual Assault: Justice Doesn’t Always Mean Guilty

Posted By on 17-02-2017

Words matter. Newsflash to the media, politicians and activists: an acquittal is not a failure of justice. READ MORE

The Top 10: The Most Important Supreme Court of Canada Decisions of 2016

The Top 10: The Most Important Supreme Court of Canada Decisions of 2016

Posted By on 04-01-2017

R. v. Anthony-Cook, 2016 SCC 43 – Plea Bargains A judge is not bound by joint submissions made by the Crown and defence. READ MORE

“Taking the Fifth”: Avoiding Self-Incrimination in Court

“Taking the Fifth”: Avoiding Self-Incrimination in Court

Posted By on 07-12-2016

The right against self-incrimination aims to protect against unreliable confessions and the abuse of power by the government. READ MORE

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