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 19 Read More »
This week for Weird and Wacky Wednesday, we are back to considering legal advertising. There are significant rules around legal advertising. If you go back fifty years, legal advertising was more or less forbidden, but because of court challenges, lawyers can now advertise. There are very specific rules and of course lawyers are great at finding loopholes. Constraint can provide the soil for significant creativity. The creativity of lawyers makes legal advertising always an interesting subject.
Like realtors, lawyers often end up on billboards or have their image plastered on the back of a bus. For years my colleague, Paul Doroshenko, was pictured on billboards around BC. A few years back I had my image on the back of buses in the Lower Mainland and on posters in bus shelters. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Drivers got to look at my face while being stuck in traffic. Every so often, someone tries something slightly different and it turns into a fight.
…Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Volume 393 Read More »
If you practice criminal law in Canada, you’ve likely relied on the idea that fairness is a two-way street. If a client spends months on strict bail conditions, effectively serving some or all of their punishment before they’ve even been convicted, a judge should be able to account for that at sentencing, right?
Wrong.
The recent decision in R. v. Reid 2026 ONSC 1342 has officially confirmed that when it comes to driving prohibitions, fairness is no longer part of the equation.
…The Law Does not Give Credit for Bail Conditions Affecting Your Ability to DriveRead More »
The Law Does not Give Credit for Bail Conditions Affecting Your Ability to Drive 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 18 Read More »
Welcome back to Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, where the justice system hands us material so good we couldn’t make it up if we tried. This week the universe chose a theme entirely on its own: bending. Whether you’re bending the rules, bending over backward, or bending your handcuffed body through a half-open car window, this week in law had it all.
…Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Volume 392 Read More »
A driving prohibition in British Columbia can upend your life overnight including your job, your family, your independence. I defend all types of driving prohibitions in British Columbia. Whether it arrived at the roadside or in the mail, here is what you need to know right now about driving prohibitions in BC.
…5 Things You Need to Know About Driving Prohibitions in BCRead More »
5 Things You Need to Know About Driving Prohibitions in BC 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 breathalyzer evidence and procedural fairness in impaired driving prosecutions. In most cases, the Crown relies on a certificate to prove a person’s blood alcohol concentration, which becomes conclusive evidence if properly admitted. However, strict procedural timelines apply. The Crown must provide reasonable notice of its intention to rely on the certificate, and the defence must give 30 days’ notice if seeking to cross-examine the technician or analyst. In this case, the certificate was served only seven days before trial. The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal found this acceptable, and the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear the appeal.
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This week, we discuss a major Supreme Court of Canada decision on when police can enter private property without a warrant.
…Episode 446: Supreme Court Clarifies Police Powers on Private PropertyRead More »
Episode 446: Supreme Court Clarifies Police Powers on Private Property 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 17 Read More »
If you got pulled over this month for using your phone while driving, you are not alone. March is Distracted Driving Awareness and Enforcement Month in BC, and police agencies across the province are not treating it as a formality. This year’s enforcement has been coordinated, aggressive, and province-wide.
Here is what you need to know.
…No Mercy March: What to Know If You Got an “Electronic Device” Ticket This MonthRead More »
No Mercy March: What to Know If You Got an “Electronic Device” Ticket This Month Read More »
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