Impaired Driving Archives

Drivers face double standard with drug-related suspensions

Oct 8 2013

B.C.’s Superintendent of Motor Vehicles is looking to change the province’s laws so drivers allegedly impaired by drugs can appeal 24-hour roadside suspensions. Both alcohol and drug-related 24-hour suspensions are issued under different parts of Section 215 of the Motor Vehicle Act. While drivers allegedly impaired by alcohol have the right to a review, drivers […]

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How to beat a DUI in BC

Oct 7 2013

In casual conversation one thing we’re often asked is how to beat a DUI. It’s a funny question because what we’re really being asked is how to drink and drive without facing the law. We know all about the legal schemes to catch DUI drivers in BC, and surprising even to us is that we

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Complicated DUI defence

May 29 2013

Is there such a thing as a simple DUI case? Certainly some impaired driving cases are more straightforward than others. However, having successfully defended well over a thousand DUI cases over the years, we think that we can reliably say that, as you work on each file, virtually every drinking-driving case is complicated in some

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Trial lawyers

Aug 17 2012

Although we spend a lot of time defending IRPs and driving prohibitions, we are in fact trial lawyers. Much of our work takes place in court. As criminal lawyers we often negotiate plea agreements to get the best result for our clients. When a plea bargain is not in the best interests of our client

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Why we defend drunk driving cases

Aug 9 2012

One question we are often asked is why we defend drunk driving cases. As lawyers we take on all sorts of different cases, from serious drug charges to personal injury cases, the occasional contract dispute and discipline proceedings when a professional is facing sanctions from a regulatory body. But more than anything we defend driving

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Fewer drunk drivers caught since B.C. law struck down – CTV News

May 5 2012

Despite the province’s pledge to keep the pressure on drunk drivers, the number of people caught over the limit has plummeted in the months since part of B.C.’s new drunk-driving law was struck down. In November, a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled that the immediate 90-day driving bans for people who blow a “fail” in

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Exclusion of Evidence

Apr 12 2012

The Charter of Rights guarantees that every person has a series of significant rights upon arrest or detention. You have the right to be free from arbitrary detention. You have the right to be advised of the reasons for detention. You have the right to retain and instruct counsel without delay. You have the right

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Court Papers in Drinking Driving Cases

Apr 3 2012

Yesterday we discussed the small but important pile of papers you get when the police send you home after arresting you in a drinking driving case. Most people are charged with: Impaired Driving s.320.14(1)(a); and Being At or Over .08 s.320.14(1)(b); or Refusal to Provide a Breath Sample s.320.15 Criminal Code drinking and driving offences

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