If you are being charged with a crime, you must know that you have legal rights. According to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the “Charter”), it provides fundamental rights to every individual. The following sections of the Charter are fundamental to know when you are being charged with a crime: Section 8 gives […]
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If you have retained a lawyer at your first court appearance, your lawyer will be appearing on your behalf. Your lawyer will get on the court record and present themselves as your acting, acting on your behalf. However, if you do not have a lawyer, you would appear yourself.
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When it comes to being charged with a criminal offence, it is up to the police to initiate the charges. The police investigate and assess whether they have sufficient evidence to inform the crown counsel that a charge is being laid against you. If the police forward the evidence to crown counsel, they review the
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Many people end up with driving prohibitions during or just after the holidays due to some traffic infraction that brings with it a driving prohibition. Most drivers abide by the prohibition. Some think they can either cheat just a little or disregard the prohibition entirely. The truth about driving while prohibited is that the police
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If you go to court and your file is not on the court list, it can mean that the charges for your matter have not yet been approved. While you may have received a Promise to Appear (the “PTA”) or appearance notice requiring your presence in court, your file may still not be on the
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If you have been caught or reported for committing a crime, you could be presented with the option of entering into something called a peace bond. In simple terms, the idea of a peace bond is a way to essentially ‘keep the peace.’ It is precisely certain terms you agree to that will then become
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Suppose you have been handed an IRP, an ADP or are facing criminal charges regarding drunk driving. In that case, there is a possibility you will have to get an Ignition Interlock device installed in your car once you get it back and after your prohibition has ended. This blog post will outline some important
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Say you have been pulled over by a police officer at a roadside stop, and while you are pulled over, they say that you need to give a breath sample. Well, first and foremost, it is important that if a police officer asks you to blow into a breathalyzer, you should always do it. Refusing
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If you’ve been following our Twitter accounts and noticed pictures of Kyla eating poutine and tweets written in French, and you’ve made the guess that we’re packing up and moving to Quebec, you’re correct! Well, only partially. We’re not moving to the province of Quebec… but rather to Quebec Street! Our downtown Vancouver office is
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In BC, when it comes to blowing into a breathalyzer, depending on the amount of alcohol detected, you could either blow a ‘Warn’ or a ‘Fail.’ The differences in results also affect the consequences you may face for either one.
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Kyla Lee is famous not just for DUI defence, but because she wrote the book on 90-day IRP defence. The Immediate Roadside Prohibition legal scheme has been around for more than 10 years. We started defending these cases from the day the law came out and Kyla has successfully defended IRPs for people from all
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Most people already know what a breathalyzer is when they hear the word, but in case someone doesn’t, it is a device used to measure a person’s blood alcohol content (BAC). Police officers most commonly use the devices when they pull a driver over to test if they are over the BAC limit, and there
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