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Impaired Driving and Over 80 mg per 100ml of blood

Any person under the influence of alcohol or a drug, who operates a motor vehicle, a vessel, operates or assists in operating an aircraft or railway equipment or at the...

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Possession – Section 4(3) Criminal Code

A person has possession of a material when he has it in his personal possession or ‘knowingly’ has it in the actual possession or custody of another person or in...

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Consent

Section 265(3) Criminal Code deals with consent at least in assault. While consent is a defence in assault, the defence of consent fails when obtained by fraud, by force, by...

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Varying your release condition

For most charges, the accused may be released pursuant to signing a Form 10 Undertaking (without a hearing) or a Form 11 Release Order (after a bail hearing, especially in...

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Conditional discharge under section 730 Criminal Code

A conditional discharge (different from a conditional sentence) allows a person to be found guilty of an offence without registration of a conviction against that person. In other words, when...

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Certificate of Appointment of Estate Trustee

Certificate of Appointment of Estate Trustee

When a person passes with or without a will, leaving behind assets (above $50,000), a certificate of appointment of estate trustee is applied for with the court under who’s jurisdiction...

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Separation Agreement in Mississauga

Separation Agreement

You and your former partner (common law or married) can decide to live separate and apart, either in your own places or in the same house but in separate rooms...

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