Professional Traffic Ticket Representation:

Question: What circumstances make it worth fighting a minor driving offence ticket in Ontario with a paralegal, rather than just paying it?

Answer: If you are facing a minor driving offence in Ontario, Denali Paralegal can help you decide whether an aggressive defence is prudent, especially when the ticket can trigger bigger consequences such as demerit-point accumulation leading to a licence suspension risk, adding another conviction within a short time window that could significantly worsen your results, or affecting a condition of employment that requires a fully clear record. Even though minor charges can seem relatively small on their own, multiple minor convictions, or a single minor charge combined with prior offences, can create a “snowball” effect through higher insurance costs and potential licence impacts, so it can be worth challenging the evidence by questioning witnesses and making clear, persuasive arguments based on the applicable legal principles. To discuss your situation and next steps, call (877) 414-4377 to speak with Denali Paralegal for Ontario traffic ticket and family law services support from a paralegal who focuses on practical outcomes.

Defending Minor Driving Offences

Minor charges, individually, appear merely as a relatively minor fine and pose little risk to the potential for significantly increased insurance rates or possible licence suspension for accumulation of too many demerit points.  In many circumstances, going to the trouble and effort to fight a minor charge appears as an unworthy endeavour; however, there are circumstances where an aggressive stance to a minor charge is prudent and warranted.

Providing Strategic Advocacy

The circumstances, among others, that may warrant aggressively defending minor charges include:

• When a driver was convicted within the past three years for other minor, major, or serious, charges and where another conviction, even for just a minor infraction, will result in significantly adverse affects;
• When a driver was charged within the past two years for other charges and the accumulation of demerit points now puts the driver at risk of a licence suspension, among other significant penalties; and
• When a driver is required to maintain a fully clear record as a condition of employment.

Although relatively minimal affects, generally, result upon conviction for a minor traffic ticket charge, a multitude of minor charges, or a single minor charge that will be combined with prior convictions, may result in significant adversity making a strongly mounted defence worthy in the effort to fight a minor charge.

Minor Charges Include:

Conclusion

Traffic tickets of the minor charges type may still pose significant risk to a driver with potentially serious consequences whereas a minor charge in combination with prior convictions becomes 'the straw that breaks the camels back' resulting in substantially increased insurance rates including possible loss of standard insurance market and placement into the 'Facility Association', potential license suspension for accumulating too many demerit points, among other things.  Accordingly, even for a minor charge, hiring a professional who knows how to question witnesses, including which questions to ask and which questions to avoid, and who knows the law and is ready to make persuasive arguments on the applicable legal principles, is highly important.  For representation that puts your best interests first, contact Denali Paralegal today.