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Criminal defence

[Jacques Gallant @JacquesGallant]

Veteran prosecutor accused of telling Toronto cop he should have given ‘false evidence’ under oath — ‘We protect our own’ https://t.co/BXPIe87Yhq via @torontostar

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Media Statement re Tarek Loubani and David Heap

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[The Precedent A-List @PrecedentAList]

Career announcement: @SavardsLLP promotes Arash Ghiassi to counsel.

https://t.co/SdFB3xaLRC

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See @megan__savard's statement on Carter Hart's acquittal here.

https://t.co/tLIWNQycQB

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On the hunt for a new addition to our team!

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If anyone could get @torontolife to write about prison abolition, it's @megan__savard. We are so proud of her. Read her impressive profile online or pick up a hard copy!

https://t.co/aGlsSiCPHW

[Savards LLP @SavardsLLP]

We are hiring an articling student for the 2026-2027 year! Applications are due by 5:00 pm on June 27, 2025.

[Arash Ghiassi @arash_ghiassi]

The abusive, misogynistic vitriol directed at women in criminal defence, including my firm colleagues, must stop.

We must move beyond a carceral interpretation of feminism, but even that is not advanced by these attacks.

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Welcome Julia! So great to have you on the team

[The Precedent A-List @PrecedentAList]

Career announcement: @SavardsLLP welcomes new associate Julia Kirby.

https://t.co/RLJOzoqile

[Arash Ghiassi @arash_ghiassi]

Premier Ford is dead wrong about bail. He assumes people who are charged are guilty. The law demands the opposite.

Here's the article:

https://t.co/mdsgMb3xsU

[Arash Ghiassi @arash_ghiassi]

As I told @Thetrilliumca, Doug Ford “should have learned his lesson when he prejudged Umar Zameer and called for him to be denied bail — when he was in fact innocent.”

“The premier posting the names of judges he disagrees with is a Trumpist attack on judicial independence.”

[Janani Shanmuganathan @_JananiS]

The last few years brought many challenges: learning to practice law w/a child, Owen leaving for the Crown & practicing alone while grappling w/a serious family illness. What these years have shown me is that while I am resilient, I enjoy law more when I am part of a (great) team

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We are so lucky to have trail-blazing award-winning superstar @_JananiS on our team

[The Precedent A-List @PrecedentAList]

Career announcement: @SavardsLLP welcomes new partner Janani Shanmuganathan.

https://t.co/h1ihJd2KTB

[Arash Ghiassi @arash_ghiassi]

- following an unprecedented and heavy-handed investigation of posters and washable paint. The Palestine exception to freedom of expression must be rejected.”

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[Arash Ghiassi @arash_ghiassi]

As I told the Toronto Star, "Today completed the Indigo 11's total vindication, as its final two members received conditional discharges."

"This means the state could not secure a single conviction -

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[The Globe and Mail @globeandmail]

Lawyers for Canadian hacker say charges over alleged cyberattack on Texas Republican Party are ‘peculiar’ four years after police investigated https://t.co/LXi62TuXeV

[Arash Ghiassi @arash_ghiassi]

Dropped charges, police overreach: How the ‘Indigo 11’ case fell apart

Thanks to @Ash_Stewart_ for reporting and @BBRyder for commentary.

https://t.co/bJQflBXzcY

[Arash Ghiassi @arash_ghiassi]

Charges dropped against members of pro-Palestinian group ‘Indigo 11’

https://t.co/ehlG1HmzSR

[Savards LLP @SavardsLLP]

We are hiring - again! This time for an associate position. See below, and please reach out to any of our lawyers if you'd like to know more about us and our work.