Brennagh has acted or assisted in all of the firm’s practice areas, including administrative hearings, judicial review applications, and criminal, civil and commercial trials and appeals. She has appeared before all levels of court in Ontario and in the Supreme Court of Canada.
She served as a law clerk to the Justices of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.
Brennagh joined Stockwoods in 2007, after her admission to the Ontario Bar.
Her education includes a Baccalaureate of Laws (LL.B.) from the University of Ottawa, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A. Adv) from the University of Manitoba, where she won the Dr. A.W. Hogg and Isbister Awards for highest standing in the Faculty of Arts.
She is a member of the Young Advocates’ Standing Committee of the Advocates’ Society, a member of The Advocates’ Society Criminal Practice Group Advisory Committee, and a member of the Ontario and Canadian Bar Associations.
Her pro bono work includes regularly volunteering her time at Ontario’s Law Help Centres at the Superior Court of Justice and as duty counsel at Small Claims Court. She also serves as a roster volunteer for Pro Bono Law Ontario’s appeals program and is a volunteer for the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario’s Human Rights Legal Support Centre.
- R. v. TELUS Communications Company
Co-counsel with Brian Gover and Scott Hutchison on an application to quash a search warrant targeted at a national telecommunications company. The matter will be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada this year. - R. v. Larry O’Brien
Co-counsel with Scott Hutchison, representing the Attorney General of Ontario in the prosecution of influence peddling charges against the then-Mayor of Ottawa, Larry O’Brien - R. v. Toronto Humane Society et al.
Co-counsel with Scott Hutchison, defending a senior officer of the Toronto Humane Society in connection with both criminal and Provincial Offences Actcharges.
- R. v. Cakmak
Successfully appealed a summary conviction on the basis of the trial judge's misapprehension of evidence and failure to provide adequate reasons for decision - R. v. Levere
Successfully responded to a Crown sentence appeal related to the application of the serious personal injury offence provision in the Criminal Code. - R. v. Craig
Co-counsel on an intervention at the Supreme Court of Canada on behalf of the Criminal Lawyers’ Association in an appeal related to the application of the offence-related property provisions of the Criminal Code. - Ian Verner Macdonald v. CBC and Kinsella
Successfully defended the CBC and Warren Kinsella as co-counsel in a defamation trial and appeal. The plaintiff is presently seeking leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. - Counsel to both individual and corporate defendants in various libel and slander actions.
- Co-counsel for the Saugeen First Nation in a Child and Family Services Crown wardship trial.
- Morris Waxman et al v. Chester Waxman et al
Co-counsel with Paul Le Vay on a motion to stay proceedings on the basis of issue estoppel. - Animal House Investments Inc. v. Lisgar Development Ltd.
Co-counsel with M. Philip Tunley on an appeal regarding a shareholder’s dispute. - Co-counsel in an Application to the Superior Court and in an Arbitration in connection with competitive advertising and marketing disputes involving two competitors in the energy industry.
- Law Society of Upper Canada v. Kelly
Co-counsel with Scott Hutchison - ORC hearings & judicial reviews
- Counsel to university students in several academic hearings and appeals.
- Co-Author, Lysyk, et al., Barristers and Solicitors in Practice
- “Criminal investigations and communications technologies – the (expected) return of relevant legislative amendments.” A paper prepared for Osgoode Professional Development’s Search and Seizure Law in Canada
- “We don’t need no stinking badges – or Search Warrants, or Reasonable Grounds for that matter: Reasonable Expectations of Privacy in the 21st Century.” Jonathan Dawe, Scott C. Hutchison, Brennagh Smith and John McInnes, a paper prepared for the Criminal Lawyers’ Association
- “Specialized Warrants and Production Orders”, a paper prepared for Osgoode Professional Development’s Intensive Course on Drafting and Reviewing Search Warrants, March 25, 2011
- “Search Incident to Arrest in the Mobile Age”, Scott C. Hutchison and Brennagh Smith, a paper prepared for Osgoode Professional Development’s Search and Seizure Law in Canada
- “Emerging Issues in Evidence: Getting a leg up in today’s tech world.” Christopher Wirth and Brennagh Smith, a paper prepared for the Canadian Institute’s Advanced Evidence Law and Practice, June 22, 2010.
- “A commentary on the F.H. v. McDougall as it relates to professional discipline cases”, Brian Gover and Brennagh Smith, Prepared for Osgoode’s Professional Development CLE session and published in the Federated Press’s Regulatory Boards and Administrative Law Litigation Journal, Volume X, No. 1, 2008
- Facilitator, Advocates’ Society Symposium on Civility, February 2012
- Lecturer/Faculty Member, Osgoode Professional Development’s Search and Seizure Law in Canada, January 2012
- Presenter, Ontario Homicide Investigator’s Association General Meeting, November 2011
- Lecturer/Faculty Member, March 25, 2011
- Presenter, Peel Police continuing education session, November 29, 2011
- Guest Lecturer, Wilfred Laurier Business Law, Corporate Criminal Liability
- Member, The Advocates’ Society
- Member, The Advocates’ Society Criminal Practice Group Advisory Committee
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Ontario Bar Association
- Member, Young Advocates’ Standing Committee of The Advocates’ Society
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