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 individually, or in combination with minor charges or another major charge, may result in significantly increased insurance rates, and when in a combination with other charges, or past convictions, a possible licence suspension for accumulation of too many demerit points as well as significant fines.  Accordingly, a careful, professional, review of the various consequence scenarios as well as the facts and law applicable to a major charge is well deserved.

Note: For immediate help, please contact Stephen Parker Legal Services by phone at: (416) 571-2723 to retain services or to discuss any specific questions that you may have.

Protecting Against Significant Consequences

Drivers convicted of major traffic offences can expect large fines, mandatory surcharges, and insurance rate hikes that last up to three years. If the driver has a history of prior convictions, the chances of facing a licence suspension, among other penalties, increases significantly.

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.