At the height of the pandemic, Boris Bytensky helped mobilize an army of defence lawyers to reduce the prison population
To criminal lawyer Boris Bytensky, the early days of the pandemic unfolded in the correctional system like a giant round of whacka-mole. “We were trying to smash down one problem, and then something else would pop right up,” says the partner at Bytensky Shikhman Barristers. There were concerns that prisons across Ontario were critically short […]
R. v. Balfour and Young
After decades of systemic delays and chronic problems with bail courts in northern Manitoba, partner Boris Bytensky joined local counsel Rohit Gupta, to launch a legal challenge targeting systemic failures. The judgment is not only a victory for our clients, but a stinging rebuke of ‘business as usual’ and calls for widespread review and change. […]
