Ontario Highway Traffic Act

Of course common sense and a reasonable person would tell you that having a valid insurance card along with one that has expired, should not be a crime but our Canadian un-Justice system does not work on common sense or reason!

What is the exact charge (the wording and section number and Act) that your friend was charged with?

What specifically are the two charges that you were charged with (with section numbers)?

All tickets are fightable... but these ones are next to impossible to beat, unless the officer does not show up (which is very very rare).

However it is always worthwhile to plead not guilty, request a trial, and request disclosure and then show up on the trial date because as a worst case, you can probably get the fine reduced on both of them.

It could prove much more costly for you. Out of court, the set fine of $400 applies. However, once you go in to court, the set fine no longer applies but rather the statutory fine. In your case, the range is $300 to $1000. Rarely, will they go lower than the set fine. Rather, on a first offence, some JPs will go as high as $600 (but sometimes more ...

As far as I am aware, you have nothing to lose by pleading not guilty and going to trial and being found guilty by the JP. Conviction and fine should be the same either way.

If the prosecutor offers you a plea deal ahead of time for a reduced fine if you plead guilty, then if you plead not guilty and lose you would be charged full fine intead of ...

made me laugh too

You need to go into provincial offences office and tell them you asked for early resolution and never got anything in the mail and ask for a RE-OPENING to set new trial date.

Usually you would wait to get your Notice of Trial before you request disclosure. And then you should request the disclosure at least 6 weeks before the trial. As long as you requested the disclosure 6 weeks in advance then they will not count it against you. If your Notice of Trial came less than 6 weeks before the trial date, then they will not ...

Just remember that DEMERIT points have nothing to do with INSURANCE rates. You can get a 0 demerit point ticket and your insurance can still go up. Insurance does not look at demerit points. For example, Insurance sees speeding anywhere 1 over to 49 over as a MINOR convicting which can cause a small increase, even though 1-15 over is 0 demerits, 16 ...

You need to get the disclosure first (officers notes) and read them before you can decide how to fight it, but the suggestions you made above are probably not good defences at all.

Mispelled name does not matter.

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IMPORTANT: At no time should your friend ever admit to disobeying the stop sign, to either the prosecutor or the officer. If they ask your friend this question, your friend should answer "I have no comment about that at this time." The only exception is if your friend takes the witness stand under oath (in this case they WOULD have to answer all ...

It's a Justice of the Peace decision which means it is NOT binding on any other Justice of the Peace.

Most ONCJ level cases are Justice of the Peace.

Sometimes you will come across an ONCJ level case that is an appeal with a Judge. These cases ARE binding on all Justice of the Piece.

Milgarded wrote:Yet I just read case law that states the author of radar manuals do not need to be present if references are made from said manual.

Do you remember which case law this was?

Representing self, family, friend or neighbor

LAW SOCIETY ACT
Not practicing law or providing legal services
1. (8) For the purposes of this Act, the following persons shall be deemed not to be practising law or providing legal services: 3. An individual who is acting on his or her own behalf, whether in relation to a document, a proceeding or ...