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ANDREW MORRISON-MIGHTY

Profile of Andrew Morrison-Mighty

Andrew Morrison-Mighty is a motivated, tenacious and experienced lawyer determined to offer each and everyone of his clients excellent service.

Andrew Morrison-Mighty has over 10 years experience in litigation/ advocacy before the courts. He has practised as a defense lawyer in the Greater Toronto Area, several other parts of Canada and in other international jurisdictions. He has also practised as a Senior Crown Prosecutor for several years in Canada. He has litigated all manner of criminal offences including murder, manslaughter, armed robbery, sexual assault, impaired driving, criminal organization charges, aggravated assault and fraud. As a result of his significant experience as both a Senior Crown prosecutor and defence counsel Andrew brings to bear a breadth of knowledge, experience and perspective to his case analysis and trial preparation.

Andrew has secured many acquittals for his clients on account of his fearless and tenacious advocacy. A notable example of Andrew's successful advocacy on behalf of his clients in the face of overreach by the police is R v. Hansen, 2017 SKPC 81 (CanLII) This case was highlighted by the Canadian Legal Information Institute at https://canliiconnects.org/en/summaries/46960.

Andrew has had significant success in criminal litigation before the trial courts and at the appeal level. A notable example of Andrew's successful advocacy before appeal level courts is his success overturning his client's conviction for first degree murder in the British Virgin Islands case: Yan Edwards v. The Queen BVIHCRAP2013/0004. This case was the first appellate level decision in respect of voice identification evidence in the British Overseas Territory of the Virgin Islands. The case is reported here: https://www.eccourts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/BVI-Allen-Baptiste-et-al-v-The-Queen-final-and-delivered.pdf

Andrew R. Morrison-Mighty also has significant experience in civil litigation and family law litigation and he has taught family law procedure at Centennial College Toronto.

Andrew R. Morrison-Mighty is a lawyer with F.I.G.H.T:

Focus
Innovation
Gravitas
Helpfulness &
Tenacity.

1. Focus: Our lawyer is fixated on providing excellent service to his clients. He is therefore committed to constant learning and engagement with new developments in the law and jurisprudence so as to ensure excellent legal advice and representation.

2. Innovation: Our lawyer is committed to devising highly creative solutions and to deploying out of the box thinking in order to provide cutting edge legal solutions to clients.

3. Gravitas: Our lawyer is demonstrably passionate about public speaking and advocacy. He is noted by many observers and peers as having a credible, dignified and commanding oratorical style.

4. Helpfulness: Our lawyer is empathetic and dedicated to respond to the needs of clients by being a trustworthy legal guide. Andrew is always inclined to give careful attention to each client as he endeavours to deliver excellence to each and every client he serves.

5. Tenacity: Our lawyer is fearless , determined and persistent and believes in not leaving any stone unturned in service of his clients. He espouses as his personal service maxim the famous dictum of Lord Reid in the English case of Rondell v. Worsely: "Every counsel has a duty to fearlessly raise every issue, advance every argument, and ask every question. however distasteful, which he thinks will help his client's case". Our lawyer believes in fearless and relentless advocacy at the same time as recognizing his duty to the Court, to the standards of the legal profession as well as to the public at large.

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