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What You Need to Know About Impaired Driving Causing Bodily Harm or Death in Ontario

Let’s examine the offence of impaired driving causing death, along with similar laws addressing impaired driving causing bodily harm. Not only do you not want to be the cause of som…

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Serious Traffic Collision, Highway 401

What You Need to Know About Impaired Driving Causing Bodily Harm or Death in Ontario

Let’s examine the offence of impaired driving causing death, along with similar laws addressing impaired driving causing bodily harm. Not only do you not want to be the cause of som…

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Debunking Eight Common DUI-Related Myths Held by Canadian Motorists

People tend to believe assorted myths about intoxication and impaired driving in Canada. Let’s review the eight misconceptions impaired driving clients tend to raise with our lawyer…

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Understanding Standardized Field Sobriety Testing in Canada’s DUI Laws

If a Canadian police officer suspects that you’ve been driving while impaired, they’re not going to make you perform some random mental and physical coordination tests. Instead, you…

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How Breathalyzer Calibration Can Get a DUI Charge Dismissed

Breathalyzer test results are the most critical evidence the Crown uses to secure convictions in Canadian DUI cases that hinge upon blood alcohol concentrations (BAC). However, brea…

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DUI with a Child in the Car — What Makes it Different?

The Criminal Code of Canada does not have a provision prohibiting driving while impaired with a child in the car, nor do provincial laws. Instead, the Code and some provinces consid…

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Police officer administering a roadside breath test during an Ontario traffic stop, illustrating mandatory alcohol screening and the legal requirement to comply.

Can You Refuse a Roadside Breath Test in Ontario?

Impaired driving laws in Ontario and across Canada have changed significantly over the past decade. One of the most impactful developments was the introduction of mandatory alcohol …

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How DUI Charges May Impact Your Employment in Ontario

In Ontario, a charge for impaired driving is not merely a traffic issue. It is a criminal allegation under the Criminal Code of Canada that can affect a person’s mobility, professio…

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Editorial image introducing a legal guide explaining Ontario’s warning range rules for impaired driving and administrative penalties.

What is the “Warn Range” for Impaired Driving in Ontario?

Most Ontario drivers are aware that driving with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08% or higher can result in a criminal impaired driving charge. What is far less understood…

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8 Mistakes Ontario Drivers Make After a DUI Stop That Can Inevitably Hurt Their Case

Mass Tsang presents you with the eight most common mistakes Ontario drivers make during a DUI stop that can compromise their ability to mount an effective defence. We’ll also review…

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How Police Use Roadside Screening Tools in Ontario — And When They Can Be Challenged

Given our client base’s relative confusion over roadside screening for DUI and unfamiliarity with DUI defences for roadside testing, now seems like an opportune time to explore the …

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When Are Ontario Bars and Restaurants Liable for Drunk Driving Accidents?

With a keen interest in all elements of Canadian DUI law, we’re going to divert our usual attention from criminal law to focus on this unique element of civil law. That is, when can…

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Understanding the DUI Arrest Process in Ontario

Understanding the DUI Arrest Process in Ontario

Being arrested for driving under the influence in Ontario is a stressful and overwhelming experience. Whether the stop happens during a routine traffic check, after a collision, or …

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