Scott Hutchison

Scott Hutchison’s practice includes civil, regulatory and criminal litigation, with a particular interest in white collar crime and appellate advocacy. His practice has included civil actions, class proceedings, and injunction proceedings (including Anton Pillar and Norwich Pharmacal orders), Charter of Rights appeals, and Ontario Securities Commission proceedings.  He is regularly consulted by counsel or parties seeking assistance in appellate litigation.

From 1989 to 2005, Scott was counsel at the Crown Law Office (Ontario) where he represented the Crown all levels of court, including hundreds of appearances in the Court of Appeal and numerous appeals in the Supreme Court of Canada. He is the author of a number of legal texts, including Search and Seizure Law in Canada (Carswell); Hutchison’s Search Warrant Manual, 2007 (Carswell); Computer Crime in Canada (with Robert Davis) and is one of the contributing authors of McWilliams Canadian Criminal Evidence (4th) (Canada Law Book).

Scott was called to the bar in 1989 after serving his articles of clerkship with the Ontario Court of Appeal. He is one of the Co-Chairs of the Osgoode Hall Professional Development Program National Symposium on Crime and the Corporation. He is a popular speaker on a variety of legal topics and a member of the faculty of the National Criminal Law Program of the Federation of Law Societies.  Scott writes and teaches extensively and from 2002 to 2007 was a member of the adjunct faculty of Queen's University Law School where he taught Trial Practice and Appellate Advocacy.  He was also a member of the adjunct faculty of Osgoode Hall Law School, where he taught Advanced Evidence.