Dino Bottos & Peter Sankoff Nominated for Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers Award
Bottos Law Group is proud to announce that Dino Bottos and associate counsel Peter Sankoff have been nominated for the Canadian Lawyer Magazine’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers.
Marie Henein: Reflections on Justice and Leadership
Bottos Law Group was proud to play an integral role by sponsoring Marie Henein’s speech for the Edmonton Public Library Forward Thinking Speakers Series.
Christina Longridge Found Not-Criminally-Responsible
A woman who admitted to killing her daughter while in the midst of a psychotic episode was found not criminally responsible for the death on Wednesday. Christine Longridge cried as Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Wayne Renke described Rachael Longridge’s death as a “catastrophe” after finding that the mother believed she had “moral authority” to […]
R v Suter – Bottos Law Group at the Supreme Court of Canada
On Oct. 11, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada heard the appeal of R v Suter. Present were several members of the firm.
Leave to Appeal to the SCC Filed in R v Barton
On Sept. 26, 2017, Dino Bottos and the Bottos Law Group filed their application for Leave to Appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada in R v Barton.
Letter re: Alberta Court of Appeal’s Ruling in R v Barton
To Members of the Criminal Trial Lawyers Association: Update: Sept. 9, 2017 As some of you know, on June 30, 2017 the Court of Appeal released a 91 page judgment in R. v. Barton overturning a jury acquittal of Bradley Barton on a charge of first degree murder in the death of Cindy Gladue. I am […]
New Trial Ordered for Bradley Barton by the Alberta Court of Appeal
On Friday, June 30, 2017 the Alberta Court of Appeal published their decision in R v Barton. A panel of 3 Court of Appeal judges led by Chief Justice Catherine Fraser unanimously ruled that the jury acquittal of Bradley Barton should be overturned, and that matter should go back for a new trial on a charge of 1st Degree Murder.
Crown’s Response and Defence Reply Filed in R v Suter
The Crown filed their Reponse in the Supreme Court of Canada Appeal of R v Suter. Bottos Law Group filed our response to the Crown on June 8, 2017. R v Suter is scheduled to be heard this fallon October 11, 2017.
Defence Factum Filed in Supreme Court of Canada Appeal of R v Suter
Bottos Law Group filed the Defence/Appellant Factum today in the Supreme Court of Canada Appeal of R v Suter.
Leave to Appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada Granted in R v Suter
The Supreme Court of Canada has today granted Leave to Appeal in the case of R v Suter.
Dino Bottos Comments on the Christina Longridge Case
Outside court after the hearing, Mr. Bottos acknowledged the case is an especially distressing one.
Alberta Primetime – Blood Tribe calls for new courthouse, more police
Criminal Lawyer Dino Bottos from Bottos Law Group discusses Alberta’s Blood Tribe call for a new courthouse and more police.