Jun12

IRP appeal library

Our IRP appeal library is always expanding

On Saturday June 15, 2013, it will have been one year since the Immediate Roadside Prohibition / IRP scheme came back into effect. Of course, the BC Supreme Court found...

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Jun09

Types of DUIs in BC

Summary of the main DUIs in BC

There are now a number of different types of DUIs in BC and we defend all of them. The most common two types of DUIs are Immediate Roadside Prohibitions and...

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May23

Whether you should appeal an IRP

Whether you should appeal an IRP - the answer is yes

When the Immediate Roadside Prohibition scheme first came into effect on September 20, 2010, there was a lot of discussion among criminal lawyers about whether it was worthwhile to appeal...

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Mar25

IRP appeals now before the courts

IRP Appeal Files

There are three important IRP appeals now winding their way through the courts that have the prospect of changing the Immediate Roadside Prohibition scheme in a significant manner. Last week...

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Mar01

Top 10 reasons people dislike BC’s IRP laws

Top 10 reasons people dislike BC's IRP laws

10.  Judge, jury, executioner. Although this is a common complaint, the police have no discretion under the law. So in a sense there is no judge or jury. 9.  Punishment long before...

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Feb14

The public mood has shifted on IRPs

The public mood has shifted on IRPs

As our regular readers know, over a couple of years our blog has become the source for news on Immediate Roadside Prohibitions (IRPs). As far as we're concerned, the current...

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Jan23

Vancouver photocopy debacle: IRPs issued on photocopied evidence

DUI and IRP expert Paul Doroshenko shows the evidence is unreliable

In early September 2012 we were reviewing disclosure in a client's Immediate Roadside Prohibition (IRP) case issued in Vancouver and we noticed that something was a little funky. Now, we...

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Jan22

Drunk driving cases tossed due to bad paperwork

Vancouver drunk driving expert lawyer doroshenko

Roughly seventeen drunk driving cases have been thrown out after police cut corners by photocopying alcohol breath test calibration forms. When defence lawyer Paul Doroshenko was working on a case involving...

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Jan14

The Winners

We are the best lawyers for IRP defence in BC. The stats prove it

We decided in the summer of 2010 that we would take on the 90-day Immediate Roadside Prohibition scheme and that we would defend clients with IRPs despite the fact that...

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Aug07

A drunk driving expert

Drunk driving expert who works with lawyers on IRP defence

When Sivia was argued the Government did not put forward evidence of a drunk driving expert, i.e. a forensic toxicologist. We weren't surprised. There are dozens of experts in the...

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