Professional Traffic Ticket Representation:

Question: How can Hogan Paralegal Services defend me against a major traffic ticket in Ontario to help reduce fines, demerit points, and licence-suspension risk?

Answer: If you’ve been charged with a major traffic ticket in Ontario, Hogan Paralegal Services can review your disclosure, assess aggravating factors like prior convictions, demerit-point risk, and licence conditions of employment, then build a court-ready defence strategy to help reduce fines, demerit points, and the chance of licence suspension and higher insurance rates.  Ask for a free 1/2-hour consultation by calling (905) 634-2100 to discuss the facts, possible outcomes, and which evidence and witness questions may matter most at your Ontario Court of Justice traffic matter.

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Providing Strategic Defence Advocacy

Major charges, whether isolated or in combination with other offences, can drive insurance premiums higher and may lead to a lengthy licence suspension if compounded by previous convictions or too many demerit points. Significant fines are also likely. As such, it is essential to seek a thorough professional review of the legal facts, the possible outcomes, and the available defence strategies, for any major charge.

Note: Please contact Hogan Paralegal Services by phone at: (905) 634-2100 to discuss any specific questions that you may have.

Protecting Against Significant Consequences

Drivers convicted of major traffic offences can expect large fines, mandatory surcharges, and insurance rate hikes that last up to three years. If the driver has a history of prior convictions, the chances of facing a licence suspension, among other penalties, increases significantly.

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.