KEEPING YOU LEGALLY INFORMED

For all of you who may be facing a Notice of Administrative Penalty (NAP) for an Immediate Roadside Sanction (IRS), Gunn Law Group has an exciting announcement! We're beginning a four-part series called, “How to Run (and Hopefully Win]) Your IRS 2.0”. We had created a podcast by the same name in 2022 but, of course, a lot has changed since then. We also realized that some people may only need assistance or want to know more about one particular aspect of SafeRoads litigation. On September 29th, 2024, the [...]

The SafeRoads System has been in place since December 2020, so the Alberta legal community has had a few years now to see it in practice. It is worth pointing out a number of difficulties with the system that Albertans with lower incomes may face compared with others who interact with the system. When interacting with the SafeRoads system, as opposed to the criminal justice system, lower income Albertans will face numerous fees that may be difficult or impossible to pay. Let’s start with the most egregious fees, the [...]

Christmas is over but some gifts keep on giving. Last Christmas, I asked my husband for an important gift. I wanted a dash cam for my vehicle. If you have listened to our podcast entitled, "Why SafeRoads Does Not Make Me Feel Safe," you might be able to guess why. If a person is stopped by a police officer, especially if it is in RCMP territory, chances are that there is an audio and video recording going on the whole time. Many of our clients often express their desire [...]

Sleigh bells, egg nog and An IRS for Christmas Fa law law Gunn Law The stress of the holidays ramps up exponentially if you get an impaired driving “charge” at the holidays. In Alberta, unless you have been stopped before for impaired driving or there was a bad accident, you likely will not be “charged” criminally if an officer believes you were driving while under the influence of alcohol  You may be breathing a sigh of relief, thinking, “The Christmas spirit is at work here”. Well, although the Christmas [...]

On July 26, 2023 reports started flooding in about the results from the world's largest trial of a four-day workweek. There were 61 UK-based companies that participated and at the end of it, 56 out of the 61 are continuing with it. Only two companies said they definitely were not going to do so while three others were expected to continue but did not confirm it.[1] When Shannon Gunn Emery heard about it on the radio, she was instantly interested. In order to offer top notch services to the public, [...]

Getting stopped for a DUI never happens at a good moment. However, sometimes, it happens at a time when you just aren't able to deal with it. Unfortunately, the IRS scheme waits for no one. If you got an Immediate Roadside Sanction for impaired driving (by alcohol or a drug), refusal, or failure to provide samples, you are expected to start your appeal within seven days. If you don't, you will have to make an application to apply for late review. When the SafeRoads regime first came into being, [...]