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“When a potential client asks, ‘What is the cost of a DUI in Ontario?’” says TorontoDUI co-founding partner Robbie Tsang, I generally respond by saying “it depends on whether you’re convicted or not. Is a DUI expensive? As to the related question of “is a DUI expensive?” Robbie responds, “with a conviction, you’re going to be in a world of financial hurt.”
The firm’s co-partner Jeff Mass adds, “Even without a conviction, a DUI carries costs, especially if you hire a skilled defence lawyer. However, we believe ...
“When we believe that one of our clients has been unjustly convicted of DUI, or a judge hands down a harsh sentence beyond established norms, we'll tell the client they should consider an appeal," says TorontoDUI co-founding partner Robbie Tsang. “Being humans, judges can err in their decision-making, and the appeals process provides us the option of trying to correct such errors."
“For example," says the firm's co-partner Jeff Mass, “if a judge allowed BAC evidence from an obviously faulty breathalyzer machine to stand, we'd consider that ...
If you happen to be passing through Mississauga on the QEW in the near future, you can stop and pay your respects to two victims of drunk driving at the latest roadside memorial erected by MADD Canada. The new memorial, located at the carpool lot at the intersection of the QEW and North Sheridan Way, honours the lives of Carly Charlebois and Rama Pirakala, who were killed by an impaired driver in June 2022. The MADD roadside memorials have been popping up on provincial highways across the country for the ...
When a client recently asked TorontoDUI co-founding partner Jeff Mass whether police can charge an ATV driver with DUI in Canada, he replied, “Have you heard about the British Columbia man arrested for DUI after being pulled over while driving a child's battery-powered, pink, Barbie Jeep?"
The man in question, Kasper Lincoln, generated worldwide headlines in 2025 after Prince George Police pulled him over on a busy public street while driving a vehicle he could barely fit into. Kasper — “I was using hand signals and everything," — claimed he didn ...
Mandatory alcohol screening (MAS) been the law of the land since December 2018. Yet, many motorists do not realize that Canadian police officers can demand MAS from any driver on a public road. "The lack of public awareness about mandatory alcohol screening seems surprising," says TorontoDUI co-founding partner Jeff Mass. "The Ontario Provincial Police have a policy that strives to conduct screening with every routine stop in high-traffic areas. We see several clients each month who have no idea that police do not need signs of impairment to order roadside ...
According to the latest criminal court data from Statistics Canada, only 37% of impaired driving charges laid by Ontario police resulted in a conviction during the 2023-2024 reporting period. Of the 28,671 charges addressed by Ontario criminal courts during this period, almost 17,800 were stayed or withdrawn.
How did so many Ontario DUI defendants manage to secure stayed or withdrawn charges, you wonder? The criminal defence lawyers at TorontoDUI will tell you, “Early resolution," which is essentially a form of plea bargaining.
“Many of our impaired driving clients ...
Of the nearly 18,000 DUI cases in Ontario that were withdrawn or stayed during the 2023/2024 Statistics Canada reporting period, a significant number of them likely settled favourably to the defendant due to police Charter Rights Violations during the DUI stop or breathalyzer processing. This, according to TorontoDUI co-founding partner Robbie Tsang, who has extensive experience raising Charter defences in impaired driving cases. “Police must thread a delicate line between ensuring the protection of a defendant's Charter Rights and investigating, arresting, and processing them for a DUI ...
According to Statistics Canada data, Canadian police agencies charge relatively few motorists for the driving under the influence (DUI) offence of refusing to provide a breath or blood sample to assess potential impairment. For example, in 2024, Ontario police arrested just over 15,000 motorists for DUI, of which less than 650 were charged with failing or refusing to comply with a demand for a breath sample to test for alcohol impairment. Just under 40 were charged with failing to provide a blood sample to test for drug-impaired driving.
“These ...
“A question many of our clients ask us is 'can I keep driving if I get convicted of DUI?'" says TorontoDUI co-founding partner Jeff Mass. “Our initial response typically informs them that the penalties for doing so are as harsh, or harsher, than they will be for a DUI conviction. However, we then inform them that Ontario has a program that provides some DUI offenders with restricted driving privileges, especially if they agree to plead guilty to the charges."
TorontoDUI co-founding partner Robbie Tsang notes that “by pleading guilty, they ...
Short answer: Canada no longer grants traditional "pardons." Eligible applicants apply to the Parole Board of Canada for a record suspension. For most impaired-driving convictions, the wait is commonly five years (summary) or ten years (indictable) after the sentence is fully completed when the first offence was on or after 13 March 2012 — and can be three, five, or ten years for earlier first-offence dates.
When clients ask the criminal defence lawyers of TorontoDUI how to get an official pardon for their impaired driving conviction, they're usually surprised by ...