Monthly Archives: May 2016

Recent Supreme Court of British Columbia case illustrates the need for competent legal representation.

  http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/sc/16/09/2016BCSC0948.htm This case featured a plaintiff with injuries arising from two accidents: one occurring on August 27, 2010; and the second on September 1, 2010. These two accidents occurred less than a week apart and almost 6 years ago. The plaintiff was alleging that these accidents had resulted in soft tissue injuries to his neck, shoulders, […]

Hit and Run Witnesses Needed for Incident in the East Vancouver / Commercial Drive Area.

  I am looking for witnesses to a motor vehicle collision, which occurred on January 19, 2016 at approximately 4:00 PM. A young lady was riding a skateboard southbound on Commercial Drive in the City of Vancouver. She stopped at the intersection with 12th Avenue on the east side of the street for a “Don’t Walk” […]

Penalty for “Distracted Driving” in British Columbia more than doubles.

  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-distracted-driving-law-change-1.3573249 The British Columbia government is increasing the minimum penalty for distracted driving by more than double, to $368. Additionally, offenders will have to pay off penalty points on their driving records. The added penalties for points will range from 4 points, with a value of $175, for first offenders to as much as […]