AGP LLP

06/30/2026

AGP partner Michael Spratt brings the 🔥 with this one.

If someone tells you Mexico is safer than Vancouver, it doesn’t mean it is

05/20/2026

Congratulations to Women in Canadian Criminal Defence and AGP partner Keara Lundrigan their appearance at the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Burke-Whittaker.

Excellent advocacy. Excellent work product. And a reminder that some of the most important cases in the country are advanced through dedicated pro bono work and people willing to put in the hours for the right reasons.

We are proud to see Keara contributing to such an important intervention team.

05/01/2026

Hot off the presses from AGP partner Michael Spratt: Courts must consider immigration consequences in sentencing. Performative outrage by Members of Parliament has serious implications for judicial discretion and fairness. We need to insist that politicians are honesty when it comes to complex issues of Justice policy.

Rempel Garner’s manufactured outrage could have serious implications for judicial discretion

04/25/2026

AGP partner Michael Spratt was quoted in this article examining a recent Supreme Court of Canada decision.

The takeaway is simple: the Crown usually doesn’t need to prove the exact timing of an offence… except when it does.

Where timing matters to an alibi or the fairness of the trial, it can be everything. Where it doesn’t, it isn’t.

Clarity on principles like this is critical. The SCC communicated that clearly to the public. If the system expects confidence, it has to explain itself.

Supreme Court releases reasons why a prosecutor doesn’t have to prove the timing of a criminal offence beyond a reasonable doubt

04/22/2026

AGP LLP has been recognized by Canadian Lawyer as one of Canada’s Top Criminal Law Boutiques for 2026–27.

We’re honoured. Truly.

But let’s be honest—this is a practice area where the work doesn’t come from glossy brochures. It comes from real problems, real stakes, and sometimes very questionable decisions by people in authority.

We’re grateful to our clients for trusting us with those fights—and to our team for showing up, day after day, ready to take them on.

Winners show importance of courtroom advocacy to effective criminal defence