Ontario Highway Traffic Act

Unfortunately these tickets are pretty hard to beat outright unless you can find an error on the ticket or can show that the camera was malfunctioning somehow. Failing to stop for a red light is an absolute liability offence which means they don't have to prove intent, all they have to do is show that you entered the intersection after the light ...

I would definitely book a court date. At the very least you can probably make a deal to have one of the tickets dropped in exchange for a guilty plea to the other. If your insurance company forgives one minor ticket, like many do, then that should keep your rates from going up.

The best thing to do would probably be to hire a paralegal to handle this matter for you. There are many circumstances where a paralegal can appear on your behalf so you won't necessarily have to be in court yourself. Talk to them and see if they can take care of this for you while you are in Newfoundland. They may even be able to work out a deal ...

For now the best thing to do is show up to you court date and request disclosure. The court date on your summons is just your first appearance in court they won't hold your trial that day but will set a new date. Once you have disclosure you will be able to see what evidence the cop has against you and then you can start building a defense. The ...

I'm pretty sure that insurance companies only have access to the last three years of your driving record, anything older then that is restricted to police/government use only. Unfortunately driving without insurance is considered a major conviction, so for now you would be classified as high risk and forced to use facility insurance. If you wait ...

Whether the town mails you the ticket, I couldn't tell you to be honest. There are plenty of cities and towns that will simply mail you your ticket, and in some cases, charge you a fee for the process.

Wouldn't simply mailing the ticket violate Sections 15 (4) and 15(5) of the Provincial Offences Act? If they don't serve you at the time of the ...

I'm of the impression that if you drive away before the ticket is handed to you or placed on your car then the ticket has not been served properly and is thus not valid. I think you could argue in court that you were not served properly and the charge would be dismissed.

My case was similar to yours. I received a red light ticket where both the set fine and the total payable were incorrect. For question 16 where the form asks for the grounds for appeal I wrote "The justice erred by convicting based on section 9.1 of the Provincial Offences Act. The Justice erred and failed to examine the certificate of offence, as ...

When I appealed my red light ticket I checked the box that said "Find the Defendant not guilty" and that worked for me. Also for question 9 make sure to check both the conviction and sentence boxes.

That is correct, in your case there will be no transcripts so you don't have to worry about that. At this stage you won't have to write your whole case out in full, all you will have to do is write a small paragraph outlining your grounds for appeal. Once you get to your appeal hearing you will have to explain your case in full to the Judge. The ...

Others might correct me, but I think if you have already been convicted then you are stuck going with option one. Since the wrong date is not a fatal error it won't help you much at an appeal hearing. If you try to bring it up to discredit the cop the judge will probably stop you and say that it should have been brought up at your original trial ...

The ticket is for failing to display the pass so even though you own a pass the ticket is still technically valid since you didn't have it displayed at the time you parked. That having been said there is a chance that if you bring your pass into the office and explain the situation that the clerk who processes the tickets for court might be able to ...

R. ex rel. City of Toronto v. Arcos-Nava, 2012 ONCJ 773 (CanLII)

Looks like it doesn't work anymore..

It still works if the set fine is incorrect, however thanks to this ruling there is now conflicting case law on whether or not it will work if only the total payable is wrong. Hopefully someone will take the matter to the Ontario Court of ...

I'm now in this situation. I've been convicted after doing noting. I'm about to go to Markham st to reopen the case. Should I explain to the JP what's up or just request a re-opening? Can they ammend the ticket if I bring up the error or could he quash the ticket and cancel the conviction right there?

If you are using the London v. Young ...

If you are in Toronto then I think you can have those tickets canceled as per section 3.8 of the city's Ticket Cancellation Guide. I've attached the link to this post, take a look at it and make sure your situation meets the criteria for having the tickets canceled. If it does, then you can take your tickets in to any Parking Tags Operations Office ...