Professional Traffic Ticket Representation:

Question:How can a traffic ticket paralegal help me fight a major driving offence in Ontario to reduce demerit points and avoid licence suspension?

Answer:Stephen Parker Legal Services can review your major driving offence charge in Ontario, explain likely fines, victim surcharges, insurance impacts for up to three years, and assess demerit-point risk and licence suspension exposure, then build a case strategy by questioning witnesses, identifying defence theory options, and handling Ontario traffic court paperwork and procedures.  If aggravating factors apply (prior convictions within 3 years, being near a demerit limit, or employment requiring a good driving record), we help you respond fast and make judicially persuasive arguments.  Call (416) 571-2723 to discuss your situation and next steps.

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Providing Strategic Defence Advocacy

Major charges, whether individually or when combined with other minor or other major offences, can lead to significantly higher insurance premiums. When paired with other charges or past convictions, there is also the risk of licence suspension due to an accumulation of demerit points, along with hefty fines. A thorough professional assessment of the potential consequences, the relevant facts and the applicable defence theories, is essential when dealing with a major driving offence charge.

Note: Please contact Stephen Parker Legal Services by phone at: (416) 571-2723 to discuss any specific questions that you may have.

Protecting Against Significant Consequences

When convicted of a major traffic violation, a driver usually faces steep fines and surcharges, along with the probability of increased insurance rates for the next three years. Depending upon the past driving record, there is also the possibility of a licence suspension and other consequences.

Factors Tending to Aggravate Penalties

The affects of conviction for a major driving offence can be significantly further aggravated:

• When a driver was previously convicted within the past three years on another charge;
• When a driver is on the cusp of having accumulated too many demerit points and this latest major charge now puts the driver at risk of a licence suspension, among other penalties; and
• When a driver is required to maintain a good driving record as a condition of employment.

Conclusion

Traffic tickets of the major charges type pose serious consequences involving substantial fines plus victim surcharges as well as demerit points that may be the straw that breaks the camel's back resulting in a license suspension.  Additionally, a major charge may result in substantially increased insurance rates including the potential for loss of access to standard insurance market and substitute placement into the highly priced Facility Association.

Accordingly, when charged with a major traffic ticket offence, hiring a professional who knows how to question witnesses, especially which questions to ask and which questions to avoid, and who knows the law, knows the paperwork processes and courtroom procedures, and knows how to make judicially persuasive arguments on the applicable legal principles, is highly important.