Robyn Doolittle

Hey all — especially #LawTwitter — I’ve got some work news: I am now in my Business Reporter Era. I am going to be the Globe's new corporate law reporter with a focus on the business of law, the trends, the personalities and any interesting cases. As always I'll be 👀on power.

“Any attempt to interfere with legitimate newsgathering is an attack on the public’s right to know,” said Globe editor in chief David Walmsley. “The Globe and Mail will continue to pursue this story.”

This is extremely alarming. But I'll tell you one thing: you aren't going to stop @CarrieTait theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

With the new Rob Ford mini doc out on Netflix, many people are reaching out about this crazy time. People want to know what I *really* thought about Toronto's former mayor. This piece I wrote after he passed away a decade ago sums it up: theglobeandmail.com/news/national/…

A big day at the Hockey Canada trial on Friday: Carter Hart questioned about consent videos, memory gaps, a team group chat after the players learn police are investigating, and the steps he took to ensure E.M. was consenting. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

The London police sergeant who led the initial investigation into an alleged sexual assault by members of the world junior hockey team began his interview with one of the accused players by saying that he did not believe he had grounds to lay charges. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

💫Congratulations again to @tom_cardoso @robyndoolittle @amiham_singh and Ming Wong, second prize winners in the Outstanding Investigative Reporting category of the 2024 #FetisovJournalismAwards! 👏 🔗Learn more about the winning project "Secret Canada": tinyurl.com/56287s8d…

The last defence lawyer acting in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team finished questioning the complainant on Tuesday, putting an end to seven gruelling days of cross-examination. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Why didn’t the complainant in the criminal trial of five former members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team tell her best friend – with whom she had been texting hours after the alleged incident – that she had been sexually assaulted?theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

“I couldn’t possibly recall every single detail that soon after and being that traumatized still and trying to get all the details out to a stranger in a room,” E.M. said. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Wednesday's proceedings ended early after the complainant broke down under cross-examination by Megan Savard. This is what happened: theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Defence counsel representing one of the five former junior hockey players on trial for sexual assault presented an alternative version of events to the jury Tuesday, in which the complainant – not the players – instigated the sexual activity. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

One of the defence lawyers involved in the sexual assault trial of five former world junior hockey players has alleged it was the complainant who asked his client, Michael McLeod, to invite his teammates to the hotel room where the alleged attack occurred. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

In her 2nd day of testimony at the sexual-assault trial of 5 former junior hockey players, EM testified that she felt she had no choice but to go along with what the players were asking her to do on the night of the alleged group assault in a London hotel theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

York Regional Police have arrested someone in connection to a 2024 shooting at a Green Infrastructure Partners (GIP) industrial lot in Vaughan, Ont. GIP is the sister company to Canadian waste giant GFL theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto…