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We know that 90-day Immediate Roadside Prohibitions financially devastated many families in BC. Regardless of innocence or guilt, if the family car was alleged to have been involved, it was seized for 30 days and the owner was on the hook for towing and storage. For towing companies, it was as though they won the

The Government argued that if the 90-day Fail IRP scheme was lifted there would be chaos in the streets, dozens of unnecessary deaths (all DUI deaths are unnecessary) and general pandemonium. The argument was that the police in BC needed this tool because it saves lives — that there was no other way, and therefore

Often reporters looking at ASD maintenance records in our office will ask if anyone is actually guilty. It is the kind of thing you might think for a minute when you are shocked by the problems with the devices, or you see one of the cases like Margaret MacDonald’s. Of course many people are guilty.

Part of the difficulty we have right now is anticipating what position the Court will accept when the parties go in to argue for a remedy. The Government is preparing to argue that at best you should simply get a re-hearing with the same tribunal but with one small tweak. If they are successful, then

We are still being contacted by people who are of the mistaken belief that they may be charged with a criminal offence if they dispute their Immediate Roadside Prohibition. Many people tell us that the police told them that they would be charged if they filed for a review. We’ve been clearing some confusion about

We’ve conducted a lot of tests over the years, often with very interesting results. We have a full size police breathalyzer in our law office in downtown Vancouver, and we usually bring one of our portable AlcoSensor IVs to parties. If we’re defending a client on an impaired driving charge we will usually bring one