ICBC’s no-fault insurance system has become a major issue in British Columbia’s provincial election. In Episode 474 of Driving Law, Kyla Lee and Paul Doroshenko discuss the competing political positions on accident compensation and what a proposed hybrid insurance system could mean for drivers injured in serious collisions.
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Welcome to British Columbia’s only weekly DUI law update newsletter. This newsletter contains the most cutting-edge information, the newest case law, and helpful practice tips for DUI defence in BC.
Authored by Kyla Lee, BC’s Impaired Driving Update is released weekly on Thursdays.
What’s inside:
Impaired Driving Update – BC Edition: Volume 46 Read More »
Schools spend time and money keeping out strangers. There are sign-in sheets, locked doors, buzzers, visitor lanyards, and office staff who are supposed to know who belongs in the building. Every so often someone successfully strolls past it all.
This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays we look at three people who got into high schools by pretending to be someone they were not. One pretended to be a teacher. The other two pretended to be students. None of them were very good at it.
…Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Volume 420 Read More »
When you are charged with impaired driving or any related offence in Canada, most people do not realize that the same set of facts can lead to wildly different consequences depending on a single decision made by the Crown prosecutor. Understanding this decision, called the Crown election, is one of the first things to learn if you are trying to figure out how serious your situation actually is.
…Summary or Indictable: How One Decision by the Crown Can Change Your Whole CaseRead More »
Summary or Indictable: How One Decision by the Crown Can Change Your Whole Case Read More »
British Columbia is preparing to introduce the Dräger Alcotest 6000 roadside breath-testing device, but newly obtained freedom of information records are raising questions about how police are preparing for its rollout. In Episode 473 of Driving Law, Kyla Lee and Paul Doroshenko examine internal correspondence concerning police training and a proposal to involve RoadSafetyBC adjudicators.
…BC’s New Breathalyzer Raises Serious Questions About IRP FairnessRead More »
BC’s New Breathalyzer Raises Serious Questions About IRP Fairness Read More »
Welcome to British Columbia’s only weekly DUI law update newsletter. This newsletter contains the most cutting-edge information, the newest case law, and helpful practice tips for DUI defence in BC.
Authored by Kyla Lee, BC’s Impaired Driving Update is released weekly on Thursdays.
What’s inside:
Impaired Driving Update – BC Edition: Volume 45 Read More »
This week’s subjects had an encounter with government property. One hit a police cruiser, one took a sheriff’s vehicle, and one did donuts on a courthouse lawn.
…Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Volume 419 Read More »
A persistent piece of bad advice circulates online. If a police officer asks you to blow, the story goes, you can just refuse. No reading, no evidence, no case. The reality is the opposite. Refusing a lawful breath demand in Canada is treated every bit as seriously as impaired driving itself, and in some ways it is harder to defend. For anyone in British Columbia who is facing a refusal charge, or who is considering what to do if the situation arises, the facts are worth knowing in advance.
…Refusing to Blow: Why Saying No at the Roadside Is Not a Way Out Read More »
Refusing to Blow: Why Saying No at the Roadside Is Not a Way Out Read More »
Welcome to “Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn’t!”
In this episode, Kyla Lee from Acumen Law Corporation examines a case involving the legal meaning of a position of trust or authority. The accused, R.G., argued that the existing framework used to determine whether someone occupies a position of trust should be reconsidered. The categories relied upon by courts have existed for decades, while relationships, technology, access to information, and society’s understanding of exploitation have continued to evolve. The case raised an important question about whether the law provides sufficiently clear and modern guidance for determining when a position of trust or authority exists.
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In Episode 472 of Driving Law, Kyla Lee examines the legal questions following the tragic vehicle incident at a Truth and Reconciliation event in BC that killed two First Nations elders and injured two others.
…When a Medical Emergency Leads to a Fatal CollisionRead More »
When a Medical Emergency Leads to a Fatal Collision Read More »
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