Due to the COVID-19 Virus, the courts have largely closed down and many non-essential court services have come to a halt. If you have an interim appearance for a criminal charge it has been adjourned. If you have an upcoming initial appearance date it is likely to be adjourned as well. During this time our […]
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At Acumen Law the type of people we represent are generally the type that have never been in trouble with the law before. They are good people who may have been wrongly accused, or who have made a mistake or error in judgment. So for most of our clients, they have no experience in how
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A lot of people know names of big law firms. These are law offices that have national and international reach, often with dozens of lawyers in each city mostly doing corporate legal work. That’s great for them. We’re sure they’re working hard in those offices. That’s not where we fit in and that suits us
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The majority of services provided by our office do not receive coverage by Legal Aid. First-time impaired driving cases, driving while prohibited charges, Immediate Roadside Prohibitions, traffic tickets, and ICBC breach investigations, to name a few are not generally covered by Legal Aid in BC. And so the lawyers in our office do not take
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A new lawyer has joined the Acumen team. Brandon Moscoe was called to the bar earlier this month. He was sworn in by Kyla Lee at our downtown Vancouver office and we’re thrilled to have him. Brandon joined us last year as an articling student after completing his JD at Thompson Rivers University Faculty of
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Lawyers are not always well-liked. Over the years we took a lot of hits by MADD, various police officers and others who view us as the lawyers who put drunk drivers back on the road. Sometimes it gets us down. When we succeed, our clients quietly move on and get on with their lives. Sometimes
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Something we don’t often talk about on our blog is how difficult it can be to do the type of work we do. We work long hours, many of which are thankless, fighting cases for our clients. We put our own money towards causes we believe in, like the Wilson appeal or the Murray case.
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Under new system, lawyer says there will be no right of appeal As the B.C. government moves to shift traffic violations out of court, data from ICBC show the number of disputed tickets has been on the rise since 2008. Lawyers are questioning the planned shift, fearing the move will strip motorists of their constitutional
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The function of the legislative process in British Columbia is very disappointing to us as citizens, taxpayers and British Columbians. We’ve noticed that the Government issues deceptive press releases, introduces a bill and then passes it within weeks with little or no discussion in our legislature. It turns out that it’s all a fait accompli.
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In the last few years we’ve seen popularized videos of people from inside their cars recording their interactions with the police at DUI roadblocks. Most of the videos are from the United States where the constitutional rights are very different. As DUI lawyers we like watching them for entertainment, but we also understand the backlash
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Nearly a year ago, renowned Abbotsford criminal lawyer G. Jack Harris passed away. A number of things have had me thinking about G. Jack lately. Shortly after his death some of his clients came wandering into our office looking for someone to take over their case. Each had a binder or thick envelope in hand
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In about 2004 John Cheevers and I struck up an informal agreement. I had made a reputation as an impaired driving savant. For some time I had been helping out other lawyers to identify problems in impaired driving investigations. Dealing with an unusually difficult sex assault case, I asked John to return the favour and
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