10(B) Criminal Law CenterSt. Catharines, ON · October 5, 2026Understanding NCR in CANADA: Mental Illness and Criminal Responsibility Are Not the Same Thing
In my practice as a criminal defence lawyer, I represent people charged with some of the most serious offences in the Criminal Code—from homicide and aggravated assault to sexual assaultand other offences involving significant violence. In some of these cases, mental illness is impossible to separate from the circumstances that bring the accused before the...
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