The Straight.com is running its Best of Vancouver online survey right now and a number of lawyers are looking for votes as The Best Criminal Lawyer. A week back we asked you to consider voting for Paul because of the work we’ve done over the last 20 months challenging the grossly unfair Immediate Roadside Prohibition […]
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With the much-rumored June 30th decision date passing us by without a decision, we know that there are still hundreds of people out there who are wondering what remedy they can expect from the Court. Among these people are those who were issued an IRP and who did not, after serving their 90-day prohibition, enroll
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A number of our clients had their driving prohibitions put off (stayed) either because the OSMV didn’t render a decision, or because we filed a Petition in Supreme Court to appeal their prohibition. We had expected a decision from the BC Supreme Court before the end of June. The OSMV and the government lawyers were
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Happy Canada Day everyone! Don’t start celebrating, however, because Governments are busy trying to take away your legal rights. As of today Alberta’s new DUI laws come into effect with respect to their new indefinite license suspension program. If you are in Alberta the punishment starts right away for those who are innocent as well
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The best criminal lawyer Thank you again for following our blog. We try to ensure that the title of each blog post will make sense and make it easy to figure out what the topic is. Sometimes it’s hard to come up with a title. Today’s post, Best criminal lawyer & we are ensuring you
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This BCLiberal Government has the hate on for lawyers. They are angry that we exposed their IRP scheme for what it is, they don’t want to pay legal aid lawyers because they think lawyers are responsible for court backlogs and they assume that everyone is guilty in any event. They hate lawyers so much that
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IF YOU HAVE a temporary drivers license that will expire on June 30 and we filed a Petition in court to put off the prohibition, we need you to contact our office immediately. The Court has not rendered a decision concerning the remedy in Sivia. We expect a decision right away, but we still don’t
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A number of people are contacting us about their temporary drivers licenses that were issued because their IRP is either still in dispute, or a court order has stayed the prohibition. The temporary driver’s licenses expire at the end of this month. Knowing the work that must be done to further extend the licenses, we
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If you have a temporary license under the old IRP scheme chances are that it expires at the end of June. Many people received a 90-day IRP for alleged Fail, and due to the current legal limbo they have only been granted a short-term B.C. driver’s license. The Sivia decision from November is under appeal,
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On the weekend we received our first calls from people who received IRPs under the new Immediate Roadside Prohibition scheme and on Monday we finally got a look at the new forms. We’ve been analyzing them since. Once again, there are major flaws with the scheme and all of that talk about an expanded review
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Of course, Immediate Roadside Prohibitions are back, and clients have been asking us what to do if they find themselves in the position where they’ve been asked to blow. Good question. If it’s a police officer asking you, and they seem to be suggesting that you blow into a roadside breathalyzer (Approved Screening Device ASD)
This is the day that Immediate Roadside Prohibitions for Fail (Fail IRPs) come back in BC. As of June 15, if you are stopped at the roadside for an impaired driving investigation, you will no longer have the right to talk to a lawyer. You will no longer see a remedy for any Charter breaches
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