Professional Traffic Ticket Representation:

Question:How can a paralegal help if I am charged with a major traffic offence in Ontario and I’m worried about insurance and licence suspension?

Answer:Garrett Legal Services helps Ontario drivers review the disclosure, assess potential consequences like demerit points, fines, and increased insurance premiums, and build a defence theory focused on questioning witnesses, identifying paperwork or procedure issues, and making clear, court-ready arguments tailored to the facts of the charge.  If you are facing a major driving offence, especially with prior convictions, licence-risk demerits, or work requirements for a clean record, getting prompt representation can improve your odds of reducing or resolving the matter. Call (519) 857-5170 to discuss your options with a paralegal serving clients across Ontario.

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Providing Strategic Defence Advocacy

A major offence, especially when combined with minor infractions or other major charges, can lead to steep increases in insurance rates and, when accompanied by prior convictions or multiple infractions, the possibility of licence suspension due to demerit points as well as large fines. It is important to have a professional review of the potential consequences as well as the case specific facts and the applicable defence theory options, upon receiving a charge for any major driving offence.

Note: Please contact Garrett Legal Services by phone at: (519) 857-5170 to discuss any specific questions that you may have.

Protecting Against Significant Consequences

Generally, upon conviction for a major traffic offence, a driver is subjected to significant fines and surcharges as well as the likelihood of significantly increased insurance rates for three years.  Depending upon the prior conviction history for the driver, there is also a potential for a licence suspension, among 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.