Matt Schmeling

Matthew defends individuals charged with drug and tobacco offences, criminal driving offences, sexual offences, weapons offences, fraud, attempted murder, and other allegations.

Matthew defends individuals and organizations under investigation or charged with occupational health and safety offences or other regulatory offences.

Matthew acts for doctors, police officers, psychologists, pharmacists and other professionals in relation to disciplinary investigations and charges.

Matthew regularly appears before tribunals and all levels of court in Saskatchewan. He acts for clients facing charges in Manitoba and Alberta and has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada.

Matthew held the Chair position of the Canadian Bar Association’s Saskatchewan Criminal Justice Section from 2018 to 2021. In 2024 he was elected to a three-year term as a Bencher for the Law Society of Saskatchewan.

In his time at McDougall Gauley LLP, Matthew has had the benefit of practicing alongside senior counsel including Aaron A. Fox., K.C. and Gordon J. Kuski, K.C.

Matthew grew up on a farm outside of Regina, SK. He obtained his engineering degree from the University of Regina in 2008 and worked as an engineer in Grande Prairie, AB. He attended law school at the University of Saskatchewan in 2011 and joined McDougall Gauley LLP in 2014.

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January 23, 2024

The defendant did not respond to my Statement of Claim. Now what? Default judgment procedure in Saskatchewan

Matt Schmeling & Mackinley M. Sim

Article

The issuance of a statement of claim marks the commencement of an action in the Court of King’s Bench. Once issued, the statement of claim must be served on the defendants to the action. The King’s Bench Rules [ Rules] set out certain timelines within which a defendant must respond. Typically, a defendant would respond by serving and filing a...

July 11, 2023

R v Basque, 2023 SCC 18 – The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision clarifies that credit can be given for pre-conviction driving prohibitions

Matt Schmeling & Travis R. Sylvestre

Case Comment

The Supreme Court of Canada in R v Basque recently confirmed that the Criminal Code’s mandatory driving prohibitions are a punishment rather than a sentence. In confirming the distinction between a sentence and a punishment, the Court held that credit may be given for pre-sentence driving prohibitions when a lower court imposes the mandatory...

July 10, 2023

Can you get a DUI on an E-Scooter? Yes.

Matt Schmeling & Travis R. Sylvestre

Article

With the role out of rental E-Scooters in Regina last week, we have been asked this question multiple times. As the title indicates, the answer is yes. Not only can you be charged criminally with impaired driving and/or driving at .08 or over, you can also be fined under The Traffic Safety Act for a number of traffic offences which have recently...

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