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Assault allegations come in many different forms such as assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm, aggravated assault, and assault against a domestic partner, which may include assault by choking.
Sexual offences have the potential to result in serious consequences. These kinds of cases have become increasingly complex in recent years due to changes in the law affecting your ability to rely on evidence capable of demonstrating your innocence.
The type and amount of drug involved in drug cases will impact the way these cases are prosecuted. Drug cases often involve questionable police practices requiring complex applications to exclude potentially damaging evidence.
From theft, to mischief, to arson, property offences involve taking or damaging property that does not belong to you or which you share with your partner or spouse.
Fraud prosecutions involving significant sum of money often follow very complex investigations and can attract jail sentences. Fraud charges can be based on allegations that you defrauded a person, a business, or the public.
Driving infractions are not limited to the Motor Vehicle Act. Under the Criminal Code, you may be charged with impaired driving, blowing over .08, dangerous driving, or more.
Youth are treated differently than adults in the criminal justice system. If you are between 12 and 17, the Youth Criminal Justice Act contains unique rules that apply to you.
These charges range from manslaughter, to dangerous driving causing death, to intentional murder. Because the allegations involve someone losing their life, the court and the Crown take these charges extremely seriously.
Under B.C.'s Motor Vehicle Act, you can be charged with regulatory offences such as careless driving or driving without a license. Surprisingly, these cases can involve a risk of jail and you may face lengthy driving prohibitions, significant fines, and points against your driver's license.
These roadside-issued driving prohibitions typically follow when you blow into a roadside breath test resulting in a "warn" or "fail". Immediate roadside prohibitions can last from 3 - 90 days. You may have just 7 days to dispute this prohibition.
If you are arrested and not immediately released, you have a right to a bail hearing within 24 hours or so. At your hearing, your lawyer will argue that you should be released because you will show up for your trial and pose no threat.
We will negotiate with the Crown to determine whether we can resolve your case without needing to go to trial. Trials are expensive and time-consuming, so if there is a way to deal with your charges without one, we will do so.
Where a trial is required, we thoroughly dissect every element of the Crown's case to find holes and raise defences. We work tirelessly with you to build our theory of the case. Our job is to make sure that if the Crown can't meet its high burden, you get acquitted.
The Director of Civil Forfeiture can apply to seize your money, car, boat, or even your house. Even if you beat your criminal charges or were never charged with a crime in the first place.
Whether you are a tenant or a landlord, valid lease agreements are governed by the Residential Tenancy Act. From rent increases to evictions, it's important to know your rights.
If you have received a Notice of Reassessment from the CRA that you don't agree with, you can dispute it. It's important to have a lawyer who understand this process review your case.
A criminal record can prevent you from pursuing employment in certain fields, travelling, and more. Depending on the nature of the conviction and how dated it is, you may be eligible to have it pardoned.
From parking infractions to how you use your property, there are a lot of ways to violate municipal bylaws. Doing so can be punished with serious fines and even short jail sentences.
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