https://remandly.ca/ask/ 2026-10-10 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/charges/bail-ontario/ 2026-10-15 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/guides/what-a-surety-does/ 2026-10-14 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/charges/drug-possession-ontario/ 2026-10-15 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/charges/impaired-driving-ontario/ 2026-10-15 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/charges/domestic-assault-ontario/ 2026-10-15 https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-q05.jpg Can criminal charges be dropped or withdrawn? Whether a charge is withdrawn, stayed or goes to trial is the Crown prosecutor's decision - not the accused, not the person who called police.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/guides/after-an-arrest/ 2026-10-14 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/charges/bail-alberta/ 2026-10-15 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/guides/your-release-papers/ 2026-10-14 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/guides/if-bail-is-denied/ 2026-10-16 https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-q09.jpg What does a court look at in 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/guides/bail-hearing-checklist/ 2026-10-14 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/ 2026-10-10 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/ 2026-10-14 https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-h02v3.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-h02v3.mp4 64 2026-10-07T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/guides/arrested-in-toronto/ 2026-10-14 https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-c12.jpg Just arrested? What usually happens next (Ontario) Usually a bail hearing, most often the next court day. 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. Remandly is not a law firm and does not give legal advice. Some scenes are AI-generated. https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-c12.mp4 20 2026-10-07T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/guides/bail-hearing-explained/ 2026-10-14 https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-c14.jpg A bail hearing, step by step A bail hearing, step by step: the court hears the plan, then decides whether the person waits for their case at home or in custody. It is not about guilt. Remandly is not a law firm and does not give legal advice. Some scenes are AI-generated. https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-c14.mp4 18 2026-10-07T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/guides/bail-conditions-explained/ 2026-10-14 https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-c16.jpg Release conditions: the easy ones to break No contact means no calls, no texts and no messages through friends. Breaking a condition is a new charge; only the court can change one. Free criminal law information, not legal advice. Remandly is not a law firm and does not give legal advice. Some scenes are AI-generated. https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-c16.mp4 16 2026-10-07T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/charges/youth-ontario/ 2026-10-16 https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-c13.jpg Someone you love is in custody? What usually happens Usually a bail hearing, most often the next court day, and someone may need to be there. A surety promises to supervise and pledges money; usually nothing is paid up front. Free criminal law information, not legal advice. Some scenes are AI-generated. https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-c13.mp4 16 2026-10-07T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/guides/bail-court-peel-york-durham/ 2026-10-15 https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-c15.jpg Asked to be a surety? Three things to know A promise to supervise; the money is a pledge, usually nothing paid up front; a surety may be asked a few plain questions at the hearing. Free criminal law information, not legal advice. Some scenes are AI-generated. https://remandly.ca/media/web/real-c15.mp4 15 2026-10-07T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/watch/missed-court-date/ https://remandly.ca/media/watch/missed-court-date.jpg Missed a court date? What happens next Missing a court date usually creates a second problem on top of the first. A date on your paper is an order. If nobody attends and nobody explains why, a court can issue a warrant for the person's arrest. Failing to attend without a lawful excuse is also an offence on its own, on top of the case already there. https://remandly.ca/media/watch/missed-court-date.mp4 36 2026-11-05T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/watch/guilty-plea/ https://remandly.ca/media/watch/guilty-plea.jpg What a judge asks before a guilty plea A judge has to be satisfied a plea is the person's own free, informed choice. Before a judge accepts a guilty plea, the judge has to be satisfied of four things. That the plea is voluntary. That the person understands it admits the essential elements of the offence. https://remandly.ca/media/watch/guilty-plea.mp4 40 2026-11-06T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/watch/discharges/ https://remandly.ca/media/watch/discharges.jpg Absolute and conditional discharge A discharge is a finding of guilt without a conviction. A discharge means the court finds a person guilty but does not convict them. An absolute discharge stands on its own. A conditional discharge comes with a probation order, and the conditions have to be followed. https://remandly.ca/media/watch/discharges.mp4 45 2026-11-07T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/watch/travel-on-release/ https://remandly.ca/media/watch/travel-on-release.jpg Can you travel while on release? Whether a person can travel depends on the paper they signed. A release order can say three things that decide travel. Where the person has to stay. Whether they report, and to whom. And whether their passport is deposited with the court. https://remandly.ca/media/watch/travel-on-release.mp4 42 2026-11-08T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/watch/pre-sentence-report/ https://remandly.ca/media/watch/pre-sentence-report.jpg The pre-sentence report A pre-sentence report is the court's own background check before it decides a sentence. If a court orders a pre-sentence report, a probation officer writes it. Wherever possible it covers age, maturity, character, behaviour, attitude and willingness to make amends, the history, and how the person responded to any earlier program. https://remandly.ca/media/watch/pre-sentence-report.mp4 44 2026-11-09T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/watch/fines-and-surcharge/ https://remandly.ca/media/watch/fines-and-surcharge.jpg Fines, restitution and the victim surcharge Money a court orders is part of the sentence, with its own deadline. A court can order three kinds of payment. A fine, which is the penalty itself, with the time to pay set in the order. Restitution, which pays a person back a loss that can be worked out. https://remandly.ca/media/watch/fines-and-surcharge.mp4 40 2026-11-10T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/watch/diversion/ https://remandly.ca/media/watch/diversion.jpg Diversion and alternative measures Some first charges end in a program instead of a trial - but only through an authorized one. Not every charge ends in a trial. Alternative measures, often called diversion, let some cases be dealt with through a program instead. https://remandly.ca/media/watch/diversion.mp4 41 2026-11-11T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/watch/court-interpreter/ https://remandly.ca/media/watch/court-interpreter.jpg A court interpreter is free If you do not understand the language of the courtroom, an interpreter is a right, and it is free. An interpreter in court is not a favour. The Charter gives a party or a witness who does not understand or speak the language of the proceedings, or who is deaf, the right to an interpreter. https://remandly.ca/media/watch/court-interpreter.mp4 38 2026-11-12T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/watch/court-couture/ https://remandly.ca/media/watch/court-couture.jpg Court Couture: dressed for court? Court Couture is a short comedy about dressing for court. The advice behind the jokes is practical: dress for court like it's a job interview, take your hat off, switch your phone off and bring your papers with you. Free criminal law information for Ontario, not legal advice. Remandly is not a law firm. https://remandly.ca/media/watch/court-couture.mp4 33 2026-10-30T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/watch/charged-with-robbery/ https://remandly.ca/media/watch/charged-with-robbery.jpg Charged with robbery in Ontario? What usually happens next Charged with robbery in Ontario? This short film covers how the charge usually proceeds, what the Crown considers at a bail hearing, and the special rule for youth. It is free criminal law information for people in Ontario, not legal advice, and Remandly is not a law firm. The film has music and on-screen text only. https://remandly.ca/media/watch/charged-with-robbery.mp4 35 2026-10-30T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/watch/lockdown-records-sentence-cut/ https://remandly.ca/media/watch/lockdown-records-sentence-cut.jpg Court Receipts: the judge would not wait for the lockdown In a 2025 Court of Appeal for Ontario case, a man spent almost two and a half years awaiting trial, 101 days of it in lockdown. The sentencing judge refused time to get the records. The appeal court called that callous and inaccurate and cut three months from the sentence. Free information, not legal advice. https://remandly.ca/media/watch/lockdown-records-sentence-cut.mp4 49 2026-10-30T00:00:00+00:00 yes https://remandly.ca/watch/someone-in-custody/ https://remandly.ca/media/watch/someone-in-custody.jpg Someone you love is in custody? Someone you love is in custody? A bail hearing usually comes next, most often the next court day, and someone may need to be there. That may be you, so bring photo ID. A surety promises to supervise and pledges money; usually nothing is paid up front. Free criminal law information, not legal advice. https://remandly.ca/media/watch/someone-in-custody.mp4 16 2026-10-30T00:00:00+00:00 yes