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Impaired driving charges or DUIs remain one of the most common offences in the Calgary area, with more than a thousand DUI charges brought each year just by the Calgary…
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Impaired driving charges or DUIs remain one of the most common offences in the Calgary area, with more than a thousand DUI charges brought each year just by the Calgary…
A local Calgary retailer thinks it's caught a criminal and decided to play detective and prosecutor all at once.
Last week, Nebraska's legislature passed a law abolishing the death penalty, overriding a veto by the governor of that state and ensuring that the ten people currently on "death row"…
Canada has not executed a prisoner for over fifty years, and the death penalty has been abolished for almost all crimes in Canada since 1976 (with the last few remaining…
Most people in Calgary will go their entire lives without being accused of a real crime, not counting minor traffic infractions.
Bill C-51, the controversial "anti-terror" legislation that many Calgarians and Canadians see as a severe encroachment on the privacy and civil liberties of the nation's citizens and guests, recently passed…
Having recently passed the House of Commons by a huge margin, the innocuous-sounding Bill C-51 seems almost guaranteed to be voted into law, and the result could be the diminishment…
In an article posted last week, I explained the basic differences between a Calgary DUI charge resulting in administrative penalties, and the more serious criminal penalties that cam come with…
This article provided a brief overview of the difference between administrative and criminal DUI charges and penalties in Calgary. In short, a BAC (blood alcohol content) between .
Many people assume that because I'm a defence lawyer here in Calgary, I'm automatically opposed to laws that criminalize my clients' behavior, and that I'm always at odds with Calgary…
Jon Cornish, a banker here in Calgary and also one of the most successful and respected running backs in the Canadian Football League, has weighed in on the flurry of…
Everyone knows drinking and driving is against the law.
Every Calgary DUI case is unique, and an effective impaired driving defence lawyer will approach each case individually and with a careful eye to its specific details.
Calgary DUI Charges Under Alberta's impaired driving laws, drivers in Calgary who are suspected of a DUI with a blood alcohol content of .
I began my career in the Crown prosecutor's office, but I quickly saw that I could do more to protect Calgary and its people as a defence lawyer.