The Law Society of British Columbia recently suspended a lawyer for one month after he received an Immediate Roadside Prohibition (IRP) and attempted to use his professional status to get out of it. The regulator found that the lawyer’s behaviour was unbecoming. This makes it clear that, for many professionals, a police investigation and the […]
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It is common for people to want to know whether they will win or lose over the phone when they first call us about their drinking-driving case. No lawyer can tell you whether you will win or lose your case over the phone in an initial phone call. The fact is, without reviewing the police
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Those unfamiliar with the work of lawyers sometimes believe that only people who have lots of money can afford to hire lawyers. This cannot be further from the truth. At Acumen Law we believe in keeping costs low for our clients while maximizing the amount we achieve. We are lawyers because we believe in the
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We talk a lot about driving prohibitions for traffic tickets or for drunk driving here in BC. But there’s another area not often discussed by BC’s driving community, and that’s a driving prohibition due to being medically unfit to drive. Generally, this means that RoadSafetyBC has determined that due to a driver’s health condition, they
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