HOW DO I GET DISCLOSURE?
If you have been charged criminally, you can order it yourself. Call the Crown Prosecutor’s office ahead of time to find out what documents you might need to bring with [...]
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET DISCLOSURE?
In the criminal context, it often depends on where the disclosure package is coming from. Usually, disclosure takes between two and four weeks to arrive. In the SafeRoads context, it [...]
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO GO TO TRIAL?
From the time you put in a plea it will probably take, at the very minimum, two and a half months before the matter will come up again for [...]
WHAT HAPPENS IF I AM FOUND GUILTY OF THESE CHARGES?
The penalties will vary depending on when you were charged. If you were charged before December 18, 2018, s. 11(i) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms applies [...]
HOW DID THE CRIMINAL CODE CHARGES CHANGE ON DECEMBER 18, 2018?
There are too many changes to outline all of them here. It is important that you speak to a lawyer to understand the full impact these changes may have [...]
HOW DID THE ALBERTA ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSE SUSPENSION REGIME CHANGE IN DECEMBER 2020?
While Alberta had, for decades, previous to December 2020 an administrative license suspension regime that normally ran parallel to criminal impaired-driving investigations, the introduction of the SafeRoads regime at [...]
I HAVE HEARD THAT THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES IN THE LAW OF IMPAIRED DRIVING. WILL THEY AFFECT ME?
The law with respect to impaired driving changed federally on December 18, 2018. Radical changes occurred in Alberta in December 2020. In essence, Alberta has opted out of enforcing the [...]
I’VE BEEN CHARGED WITH IMPAIRED DRIVING, AT OR OVER 80 MG%, OR REFUSAL. WHAT DO I DO FIRST?
You may or may not have been “charged”. Most people in Alberta and British Columbia are not charged criminally for impaired driving, driving with a blood alcohol level over the [...]