
SHANKAR
LAW OFFICE
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PUBLICLY AVAILABLE REPORTED COURT DECISIONS:
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CRIMINAL LAW CASES:
R v Hibma 2024 ONSC 4351 (Canlii) https://canlii.ca/t/k66tv Crown sought 12 years in Prison for the charge, but client was only sentenced to 18 months in jail.
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R v Hibma [2024] OJ 3510 - 17 day trial for the charge of Arson causing death.
R v. Lohwinow 2024 ONSC 1015, hyperlink unavailable due to mistake on Canlii - Crown sought 2 years in Prison, but client was only sentenced to 10 months in jail.
R v. H.S., 2024 ONSC 2507, https://canlii.ca/t/k/k4br0 Court dismissed application for stay under s.11(b) of Charter.
R v R.H., 2024 ONSC 2790 (CanLII), https://canlii.ca/t/k4vc3 Court sentenced my client to a 2 year sentence for a sexual abuse case against his daughter.
R v. Pitter [2022] O.J. 2927 - ONSC - Successful acquittal of sexual assault charge.
R v. D.B. [2022] O.J. No. 4776 - ONCJ Judge stayed the case for delay under s. 11(b) of the Charter.
R v. C.A. [2020] O.J. 4435 / ONSC - Court ruled that under s.278, occurrence reports of complainant were ruled not to be relevant for the case.
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FAMILY LAW CASES:
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Hansen v. Deaconescu, 2025 ONSC 6714, https://canlii.ca/t/kgt79 - 5 day trial at the Superior Court of Justice where I represented the Applicant (father) and obtained equal parenting time of 2-2-3 and shared decision making, as opposed to the mother’s demands of sole decision making and only alternate weekend parenting time to the father.
Wilcox v. Worthington, 2024 ONSC 3794 (CanLII), https://canlii.ca/t/k5l97 Court ruled in favor of my client for retroactive child and spousal support.
Melbourne v. Melbourne, 2023 ONSC 4678 https://canlii.ca/t/jzmxc - Court ruled in favor of my client, and her wishes that the child attend public school over catholic school, which were the demands of the father.
Galbraith v. Kinsley, 2023 ONSC 3332 https://canlii.ca/t/jxhjl - Unjust enrichment and trust claim on home owned by father by the mother in a common law relationship situation.
McInnes v. Fritz, 2022 ONSC 326 https://canlii.ca/t/jl90x (Cost decision in favor of my client following a successful motion).
Lee v. Eckenswiller, 2021 ONSC 6519 https://canlii.ca/t/jjclz - Court ruled in favor of my client for additional parenting time.
McInnes v. Fritz, 2021 ONSC 7970 https://canlii.ca/t/jl90x (Court ruled in favor of my client).
Urbshott v. Owen, 2021 ONSC 7912 https://canlii.ca/t/jlhsp (Court ruled in favor of my client, and prohibited the opposing party from dissipating assets).
Clouthier v. Thompson, 2020 ONSC 2141 https://canlii.ca/t/j6cdf (Court ruled in favor of my client).
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CAPACITY & CONSENT BOARD TRIBUNAL HEARINGS:
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NJ (Re), 2025 CanLII 49915 (ON CCB), https://canlii.ca/t/kcd78 Capacity and consent board panel ruled in favor of my client.
B.G. (Re), 2025 CanLII 100895 (ON CCB), https://canlii.ca/t/kfr6k Capacity and consent board ruled in favor of my client.
GZ (Re), 2023 CanLii 112189 https://canlii.ca/t/t1ddb Capacity and consent board ruled in favor of my client.
JLD (Re), 2023 CanLii 70458 (ON CCB) https://canlii.ca/t/jzh31 - Capacity and consent board ruled in favor of my client.
WH (Re), 2022 CanLii 48555 https://canlii.ca/t/jpng9 - Capacity and consent board ruled in favor of my client.
JW (Re), 2021 CanLii 108534 (ON CCB) https://canlii.ca/t/jk3tp - Capacity and consent board ruled in favor of my client.
JF (Re), 2021 CanLii 39449 https://canlii.ca/t/jfvbr - Capacity and consent board ruled in favor of my client.
WN (Re), 2021 CanLii 36090 https://canlii.ca/t/jfpnv - Capacity and consent board ruled in favor of my client.
ME (Re), 2020 CanLii 107608 (ON CCB) https://canlii.ca/t/jcmgb - Capacity and consent board ruled in favor of my client.
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