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IRS NetLetter Alberta - Legal Insights on Impaired Driving Gunn Law Group has found a unique way to ring in the new year. Starting in January 2025, once a month, the lawyers at Gunn Law Group will be collaborating to offer the public an IRS NetLetter addressing the evolution of impaired driving law in Alberta. An IRS refers to an Immediate Roadside Sanction, also known as a Notice of Administrative Penalty (NAP). As most of you know, in Alberta, a driver who is stopped for the first time [...]

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 [...]

What is SafeRoads Alberta? SafeRoads Alberta is a provincial administrative system and was introduced in December 2020 as part of the Safe Roads Initiative in Alberta. It was designed to manage appeals related to Notices of Administrative Penalties (NAP) under the province’s impaired driving enforcement program. This system represents a significant shift from traditional criminal court proceedings to an administrative model, streamlining processes and reducing strain on Alberta’s legal system. Why was SafeRoads Alberta created? SafeRoads Alberta was established alongside a major overhaul of Alberta’s DUI [...]

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 [...]