PAGE LAW
PAGE LAW
 

Criminal Defence Lawyer

ALANA PAGE

(416) 804-7367

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If you are facing criminal charges, your best defence is calling the Law Office of Alana Page.

Before you step into a courtroom, make sure you understand your rights and get expert representation. Our Toronto-based firm is available 24 hours a day to handle all stages of the criminal process, from bail hearings to trials and plea negotiations. We have a proven track record for winning even the most challenging and serious criminal cases.

Confidence, experience & passion get you the best outcome.

Toronto lawyer Alana Page has practiced criminal law exclusively since her call to the Ontario Bar in 1997. She is a senior member of the criminal defence bar with over 26 years experience.

As a trial lawyer, Ms. Page has represented clients on a wide variety of charges. She has been counsel on hundreds of trials ranging from first-degree murder to drug trafficking to sexual assault. Ms. Page is passionate about protecting individual rights and freedoms. She works directly with each client to build a strong working relationship, reviews all options, and tirelessly prepares every case to provide the best defence.

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Since called to the Ontario bar in 1997, Alana Page has practiced exclusively in the area of criminal law.

This focus has given her specialized knowledge of the Criminal Code of Canada, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Alana’s areas of practice underscore her extensive trial experience and understanding of relevant criminal law.

During her 26 years as a trial lawyer, she has represented clients on a wide variety of matters including:

  • Bail hearings

  • Assault charges

  • Child pornography (possession and production)

  • Dangerous Offender Applications

  • Domestic assault

  • Drug offences (trafficking, possession, importing)

  • Firearms and Weapons offences

  • Frauds and Thefts

  • Homicides (murder, attempt murder, manslaughter)

  • Impaired driving (by alcohol and drugs) and Over 80 charges

  • Ontario Review Board hearings

  • Robbery charges

  • Sexual offences (including those involving children)

  • Youth offences

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Featured

R. v. Grant (2022), OJ No. 2472 (SCJ)

Client was stopped by police as he was driving. The officers claimed the smell of cannabis and their observation of a half-smoked joint on the client’s lap gave them authority to search the car and its occupants under the Cannabis Control Act. They found cannabis and 57g of cocaine in the client’s satchel. Ms. Page persuaded the Judge that the search was illegal and that Mr. Grant’s right to counsel had been violated.

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R. v. MK 2022 SCJ

The police obtained a search warrant for a downtown apartment where they believed the client was selling narcotics, based on information from a Confidential Informant. According to the police, when they entered the unit, they saw Mr. Page’s client attempting to discard a 9mm semi-automatic handgun from his waistband…

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R. v. Thompson 2022 SCJ

Ms. Page’s client was charged with first-degree murder. At the end of the preliminary hearing, Ms. Page successfully argued that the client should be committed to trial only on a charge of manslaughter, thereby eliminating the risk of a life sentence…

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R v A.A. 2021 OCJ

Ms. Page’s client, a taxi driver, was charged with sexually assaulting a customer. After reviewing the disclosure materials, Ms. Page convinced the Crown to withdraw the charge rather than setting a trial date…

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R. v. Atkinson (2019) OJ No 3407 (SCJ)

Ms. Page’s client was found not guilty of all charges after the Judge agreed the police search was unlawful. The client was a passenger in the vehicle with a loaded firearm in his waistband. In the trunk, the police found a large quantity of oxycodone and hydromorphone…

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