https://remandly.ca/ask/ https://remandly.ca/media/web/ask-film-a.jpg Ask a criminal law question - free, any hour | Remandly Type your question, or tap the Orb and say it out loud. You get a plain answer about how criminal law usually works in Canada - information, not legal advice. Want the office to look at your situation? Open a file and the office calls you, usually within minutes. Remandly is not a law firm and doesn't give legal advice. Some scenes are AI-generated. https://remandly.ca/media/web/ask-film-a.mp4 60 2026-10-06T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/q/what-happens-at-a-bail-hearing-in-ontario/ https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-q01.jpg What happens at a bail hearing in Ontario? It decides whether someone waits for their case at home or in custody - usually within 24 hours, before a justice of the peace. Not about guilt. Free criminal law information, not legal advice. Some scenes are AI-generated. https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-q01.mp4 13 2026-10-07T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/q/what-does-a-surety-do-in-an-ontario-bail-case/ https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-q02.jpg What does a surety do in an Ontario bail case? A surety promises the court to supervise someone on bail and pledges money as that promise - a pledge, not a deposit. Free criminal law information, not legal advice. Some scenes are AI-generated. https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-q02.mp4 16 2026-10-07T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/q/can-police-search-a-persons-phone-after-arrest/ https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-q03.jpg Can police search a phone? Police generally need a warrant or another legal reason to search a phone; passwords are a complex area the office can go over. Free criminal law information, not legal advice. Some scenes are AI-generated. https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-q03.mp4 17 2026-10-07T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/q/after-a-first-impaired-driving-dui-charge-does-a-person-lose-their-dri/ https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-q04.jpg After a first DUI charge, does a person lose their licence? (Ontario) Usually two separate tracks: the roadside licence suspension and the criminal case. How long depends on the charge and the case. Free criminal law information, not legal advice. Some scenes are AI-generated. https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-q04.mp4 13 2026-10-07T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/q/can-criminal-charges-be-dropped-or-withdrawn/ https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-q05.jpg Can criminal charges be dropped or withdrawn? Whether a charge is withdrawn, stayed or goes to trial is the Crown prosecutor's decision - not the accused, not the person who called police. Free criminal law information, not legal advice. Some scenes are AI-generated. https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-q05.mp4 16 2026-10-07T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/q/do-people-have-to-talk-to-the-police-if-police-call-or-contact-them/ https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-q06.jpg Do you have to answer police questions? People generally don't have to answer police questions. Anyone arrested or detained has the right to speak to a lawyer, and police must tell them that. Free criminal law information, not legal advice. Some scenes are AI-generated. https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-q06.mp4 16 2026-10-07T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/q/how-long-does-a-bail-hearing-or-bail-court-process-usually-take/ https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-q07.jpg How long does a bail hearing take? Someone who is held is usually brought before the court within 24 hours; the hearing can take under an hour, or a few days while a plan comes together. Free criminal law information, not legal advice. Some scenes are AI-generated. https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-q07.mp4 16 2026-10-07T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/q/what-do-the-conditions-on-a-release-paper-usually-mean/ https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-q08.jpg What do the conditions on a release paper mean? The paper lists the next court date and the rules until then. Breaking a condition is a new charge; only the court can change one. Free criminal law information, not legal advice. Some scenes are AI-generated. https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-q08.mp4 15 2026-10-07T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/q/what-does-a-court-in-ontario-look-at-when-deciding-whether-to-release/ https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-q09.jpg What does a court look at at a bail hearing? Not guilt: will the person come back to court, is the public safe, would release shake confidence in the system. Free criminal law information, not legal advice. Some scenes are AI-generated. https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-q09.mp4 14 2026-10-07T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/q/what-does-a-surety-usually-need-to-bring-to-a-bail-hearing-in-ontario/ https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-q10.jpg What does a surety need to bring to a bail hearing? Usually photo ID, proof of address, proof of what they own or earn if they have it, and a phone. Free criminal law information, not legal advice. Some scenes are AI-generated. https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-q10.mp4 13 2026-10-07T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/ https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-h01.jpg What happens when you call Remandly Someone was arrested. Remandly answers, free, any hour, in Ontario and Alberta: say what happened, a file opens, a text follows, and a criminal lawyer's office gets the brief and calls you, usually within minutes. Remandly is not a law firm and does not give legal advice. Some scenes are AI-generated. https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-h01.mp4 46 2026-10-07T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/how-it-works/ https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-h02.jpg How Remandly works, start to finish Four ways in, free, any hour: call, web call, text or ask out loud. Your file opens while you talk, a text follows with its page, and a criminal defence lawyer's office gets the brief and calls you, usually within minutes. Remandly is not a law firm and does not give legal advice. Some scenes are AI-generated. https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-h02.mp4 68 2026-10-07T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/next/ https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-n01.jpg You called. What usually happens next After the call: the file is open, a text follows with its page, and a criminal lawyer's office has the brief. What a bail hearing usually decides and what to bring. Remandly is not a law firm and does not give legal advice. Some scenes are AI-generated. https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-n01.mp4 51 2026-10-07T00:00:00+00:00 yes