Driving Charges

The need to drive is a practical reality and often a formal job requirement. The impact of a driving related conviction can be severe – fines, the loss of your driver’s licence for most offences, and the possibility of jail time in the most serious cases.

Driving offences are also one of the most complex areas of Canadian criminal law, with new judgments from the courts every day and a renewed focus from police and legislators in areas such as street racing.

Greg Delbigio represents clients charged with driving offences including:

Licence suspensions
Impaired driving
Dangerous driving
Excessive speed
Driving without due care and attention

Recent News

19 Nov 2012

In July 2012, Mr. DelBigio joined leading tax firm Thorsteinssons LLP as Counsel in that firm’s tax litigation group. Mr. DelBigio will be offering clients his significant expertise in cases involving tax evasion, search and seizure and constitutional defences. Mr. DelBigio will continue to service ongoing clients and offer criminal defence services for other criminal.

17 Jun 2010

As recently reported by the Canadian Bar Association, the Air India Inquiry final report, released on June 17, made a number of recommendations that were consistent with proposals made by the CBA in its intervention at the Inquiry. The report singled out the CBA’s submissions on the relationship between intelligence and evidence and the challenges.

2 May 2010

“Court can order lawyers to work for free,”* April 9, 2010, Lawyers Weekly. View the article. In this case a criminal defence lawyer (Cunningham) was employed by Yukon Legal Aid to represent an accused charged with sexual offences against a young child. The accused failed to update his financial information as required by Legal Aid.