If you are facing charges and the Crown doesn't have a case, or a weak case or they decide that they will give you a break often times they will request that you sign a PEACE BOND.   If  you own firearms and have a Possession and Acquisition Licence (firearms licence) when you enter into a Peace Bond your licence will be revoked and the RCMP will seize your firearms. Be aware of this! 

Being arrested and charged with a criminal offence is overwhelming for most people. Picking a lawyer is often difficult and done without proper research and care. I do not advertise that I take Legal Aid, there are Law Firms out there that subsist on legal aid clients only. In order to stay in business doing just legal aid a lawyer must do a high volume business and often is the case that they cannot spend the proper amount of time on each of their clients. I make sure that my client files never exceed my ability to properly manage them. 

I have had a number of clients who have approached me and asked if they could switch lawyers. When I asked why am I often told that their lawyer has told them that they have to take "the deal" in other words plead guilty.  

I will give you the best legal advice I can and then it is up to YOU whether you plead guilty. If you want your day in court, I as your lawyer am fully prepared to give it to you. 

​I have been involved in drinking and driving cases since 1977. Back then you typically received a $50.00 fine for your first offence and had your driving licence suspended for 30 days. A lot has changed since then.
 
Recently the province has decided to follow what British Columbia has done and take first time offenders (where no one has been injured) out of the criminal courts and treat it as if it is a traffic ticket with consequences. Make no mistake about it, this is a nasty ticket with driving prohibitions, vehicle impoundment and ignition interlock requirements as if you went through the criminal courts. 
 
Of concern is that you will not be placed on an intoxilyzer breathalyzer that gives a detailed reading of your blood alcohol content, rather a roadside screening device that previously just enabled the police to have grounds to arrest you and then compel you to provide breath samples on the intoxilyzer. 
 
 

Most of my colleauges are admirable, hard working lawyers. Those that are totally dependant upon Legal Aid have to do a volume business in order to cover their overhead and make money. Some with a great many clients do not have the ability to contact you immediately. I do not overload myself with clients and I am reachable.