Edward H. Royle & Partners LLP

About Edward H. Royle & Partners LLP

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Edward H. Royle & Partners LLP is a Toronto criminal defence firm founded in 2010 by Edward H. Royle, who spent more than 25 years before that as a partner at what the firm describes as Canada's largest criminal defence firm, working alongside Jack Pinkofsky and James Lockyer. Royle graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1981 and articled for Justice John C. Wilkins at the Toronto firm then known as Sneath, Wilkins. The firm now describes itself as one of the largest criminal defence firms in the Greater Toronto Area, with a team of lawyers and articling students who practice exclusively in criminal law.

The team handles criminal trials and appeals at every level, including the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada, along with regulatory and traffic offences and civil claims arising from police or institutional misconduct. One of the firm's lawyers holds the Law Society of Ontario's Certified Specialist designation in criminal law. Beyond its Toronto office, lawyers regularly appear in courthouses across the region, from Brampton and Oshawa to Barrie, Kitchener, and St. Catharines. The team can communicate with clients in languages including Spanish, Cantonese, Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi, Tamil, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, and Arabic, and the firm bills by block fee rather than by the hour, with payment plans and Legal Aid certificates accepted.