DRIVING WHILE PROHIBITED LAWYER

A CHARGE OF DRIVING WHILE PROHIBITED WILL RESULT IN YOU LOSING YOUR DRIVER’s LICENCE. RETAINING A LAWYER CAN PREVENT YOU FROM LOSING YOUR LICENCE.

Driving while prohibited (DWP) is simply driving while you have been prohibited from driving. Driving prohibitions can either be issued by a criminal court or the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles. If you drive while prohibited you can be charged. If you have been charged with this offence it is important that you speak to a criminal defence lawyer.

The mandatory minimum penalty for driving while prohibited is a one year driving prohibition and a fine on your first conviction. If you are convicted of driving while prohibited on a second occasion, you will face 14 days in jail, in addition to a driving prohibition and fine.

The Crown has the burden of proving at the trial that you were the driver of the vehicle, when you drove and where, and that you knew you were prohibited from driving at the time of the offence. Get your own lawyer to defend your driving while prohibited charge and avoid paying a hefty fine, a driving prohibition and or going to jail.

Call Vancouver criminal defence lawyer Jas Mangat at 1-604-896-0422 to set up your free 30 minute in office consultation.