Congratulations to Boris Bytensky: Thank You, Boris!
Congratulations to Boris Bytensky: Thank You, Boris! There are very few moments in a law firm’s history that feel both celebratory and bittersweet; Boris Bytensky’s appointment to the bench is one of them. While we are incredibly proud to see him begin this next chapter of public service, his departure from private practice marks the […]
Boris Bytensky on Ford’s Bail Livestream Proposal: “Not a Realistic Proposal”
concerns Boris Bytensky, a Toronto defence lawyer and the past president of the Criminal Lawyers’ Association, said Mr. Ford’s idea to livestream bail hearings was simply not feasible, and would be illegal under the federal Criminal Code. “I am sure Premier Ford knows that the current state of our law would not permit bail proceedings to be […]
Mandatory minimum child pornography sentences unconstitutional, SCC rules
Bytensky Shikhman Barristers were proud to sponsor a Runnemede event with the Honourable Justice Malcolm Rowe of the Supreme Court of Canada as the speaker!
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 Shikhman Barristers. There were concerns that prisons across Ontario were critically short of […]