Drawing upon the author’s wealth of experience as a criminal defence lawyer, this practice guide provides expert instruction on how to represent an accused charged with a drinking or drugs and driving offence.

Defending Drinking, Drugs and Driving Cases explains how to prepare, develop and strategically present an effective defence, beginning with the client’s initial telephone call from the police station. The constituent elements of the offences, and the issues to which they give rise, are systematically examined within the governing statutory, constitutional, and jurisprudential framework. Topics addressed include the elements of refusal offence, pre-trial credit against a licence prohibition, validity of minimum sentences, drug impairment evidence, constitutionality of mandatory approved screening tests, admissibility of pre-Charter observations, the “immediately” requirement, right to counsel case law updates and the need for analyst evidence of some form.

This 2025 edition has been updated to reflect all these revolutionary legislative developments since the last edition and incorporates all significant developments in the caselaw.

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Defending Drinking, Drugs and Driving Cases 2025 Edition

Defending Drinking, Drugs and Driving Cases 2025 Edition