2026 TACTICAL DEBRIEFS

 In 2017, Justice G. Paul Renwick was appointed to sit in the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton.  

His Honour’s appointment came after 22 years as a prosecutor in Brampton, Newmarket, and the Guns and Gangs Initiative in Toronto.  

Justice Renwick has contributed numerous papers and presentations to various groups within the justice and law enforcement communities. 

Notwithstanding all of his professional accomplishments and volunteer work, his Honour wants you to know that his proudest achievement is becoming a father to an amazing daughter.

Senior Counsel

Public Prosecution Service of Canada

160 Elgin Street , Suite 1400

Ottawa, ON K1A 0H8

Brigid Luke is senior counsel in the Ottawa office of the Public Prosecution Service of Canada. She is a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School and was called to the Bar in 1993. After a brief stint on Bay Street, thirteen years as in-house counsel for the Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa and one year at the MAG office in Ottawa, she joined the PPSC in 2007. In addition to acting on major drug prosecutions and appeals, Brigid has been senior counsel in the Ottawa Drug Treatment Court since 2010. Throughout her career, Brigid has instructed at legal education programs including for the National Judicial Institute, Canadian Police College, Criminal Intelligence Service Ontario, University of Ottawa Law School, PPSC School for Prosecutors and a variety of training initiatives for the Ottawa Police Service. 

Crown counsel

Ministry of the Attorney General

Crown Law Office - Criminal

INSET/CFSEU

Toronto

• Ministry of the Attorney General’s Office for 21 years.
  • Prosecuted for 11 years in Central East Region (Newmarket)
  • Attached to the Crown Law Office – Criminal Division for past 10 years.
• Currently embedded advisory Crown, for past 10 years, at RCMP’s INSET (Integrated National Security Enforcement Team)
• Wiretap Agent
• Director of the OCAA’s summer Search & Seizure course for past 7 years.
• Provincial Coordinator to law enforcement across province for CC, s. 25.1 Lawful Justification provisions
• Advisory Crown to law enforcement on implementation of Major Case techniques (C/I’s, Mr. Big operations)
• Lecturer on topics of: Search and Seizure, Role of the Wiretap Agent, 25.1, Agent Handler’s Course, and the Anti-Terrorism Act.
• 12 years at TPS (joined at 18)
• 4 years at ETF (1998-2002)

Partner - Criminal Law Group
Brauti Thorning LLP
161 Bay Street, Suite 2900
Toronto, ON M5J 2S1 

Lawrence Gridin is a partner in the Criminal Law Group at Brauti Thorning LLP in Toronto. His practice is focussed on police defence work. He has represented hundreds of police officers throughout Ontario on criminal charges, PSA charges, at Coroner’s inquests, and during complaint investigations. He regularly works with tactical officers in responding to SIU and OIPRD investigations in the context of dynamic entries. Lawrence was co-counsel on the Cavanagh case, which involved a Toronto Emergency Task Force officer charged by the SIU with second degree murder during a dynamic entry. Lawrence and his co-counsel Peter Brauti were successful in having all allegations dismissed at the preliminary inquiry, and were successful in defending the result against two Crown appeals.