Vancouver – We are pleased to announce that our client was found not guilty of serious drug trafficking related charges after the court found that our client’s rights were breached by the police.
As reported in the Vancouver Sun, the BC Securities Commission has stayed $35 million in penalties as a result of our successful argument in the BC Court of Appeal last year. Here is a link to the story: http://vancouversun.com/business/local-business/b-c-securities-regulator-quietly-stays-penalties-of-more-than-35-million
Joven Narwal has again been invited to speak at the annual Professional Regulation and Discipline Conference, this year on the topic of Best Practices in Decision Writing. Organized by Infonex, a leading provider of continuing legal education seminars and conferences, RegPRO: the 22nd Annual Professional Regulation and Discipline Conference is referred to a “landmark event” and is a forum to address cutting edge issues facing professional discipline bodies, across a spectrum of professions.
The Vancouver Bar Association in partnership with the Canadian Bar Association is pleased to offer a joint professional development course, Civility in the Practice of Law, to be held at the Law Courts Inn on Thursday, September 21, 2017, with the following speakers who are all Past-Presidents of the Vancouver Bar Association:
We are pleased to announce that Joven Narwal has been appointed to the Advisory Committee to the Judicial Council of BC. The Committee is the primary source of information for assessing the suitability of applicants who seek appointment as Judges of the Provincial Court of British Columbia.
As reported by Keith Fraser of the Vancouver Sun:
New Westminster – We are pleased to the announce our victory today in which our client was found not guilty of importation of 23 kilograms of cocaine and possession for the purposes of trafficking, after a full trial in New Westminster Supreme Court. The cocaine was valued at $1 million whole sale and had a street value of $2.3 million.
Vancouver – We are pleased to announce our successful appeal of a $7.3 Million disgorgement order made by the BC Securities Commission against our clients. The unanimous ruling of a three justice panel of the British Columbia Court of Appeal was released this morning.
Narwal Litigation LLP is delighted to announce that we have expanded our presence at 777 Hornby Street, Downtown Vancouver, with a move to a much larger office within the building, Suite 900. With renovations now completed, our firm has moved into the new premises; our email and telephone numbers remain unchanged. Images of our new office and of our growing art collection can be found below and throughout our updated website.
The interception of private communications, or wiretaps, are becoming increasingly common in the context of white collar crime investigations. For instance, in the United States wiretaps have been used in prosecuting insider trading cases and in Canada, have now been used in the context of prosecutions under the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act. What was once a tool used primarily for organized crime cases, has evolved into the investigation of white collar crime cases.