Ontario. Crown Law Office - Criminal

• Crown Law Office - Criminal

The Crown Law Office - Criminal of the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, was renamed from the Criminal Appeals and Special Prosecutions Branch, in 1976. In 1977, the Crown Law Office was separated to form two new divisions - the Civil Law Division and the Criminal Law Division. With this reorganization, the Crown Law Office - Criminal became part of the Criminal Law Division. In 1979, the Office began a Racial Attack Advice Service for victims of racially-motivated criminal offences. The name of the service was changed to the Criminal Justice Advice Service in 1997. As of 1997, the Crown Law Office - Criminal continues to be a branch within the Criminal Law Division of the Ministry of the Attorney General.

The Crown Law Office - Criminal is responsible for the preparation and argument of all criminal appeals in indictable offences in the province, whether the Crown is the respondent or the appellant. The Office also deals with the judiciary, crown attorneys, police and the public and conducts special prosecutions. Beginning in 1979, the Crown Law Office - Criminal also began providing a racial attack advice service for victims of racially-motivated criminal offences.

RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Annual Reports of the Ministry of the Attorney General, 1974-1992

Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1976-1996

KWIC Indexes, 1977-1997

Agency not in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

Archivist(s):
R. Anger