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DUI / Impaired Driving
- Arrested? Your Right to Counsel in British Columbia
- BC Drinking and Driving 90 Day Driving Prohibition Issues
- No right to a criminal lawyer before roadside breathalyzer
- Delayed breath sample may result in “not guilty” from DUI charge
- How the breathalyzer works and possible ways to defend a DUI charge in BC
Traffic / Driving Offences
- Gordon Dykstra Interview with Christy Clark on CKNW about the Motor Vehicle Act
- Don't Answer That Phone, You're Driving in BC
Assault
- Gordon Dykstra and Bill Good on CKNW: Home Invasions and Self-Defence in BC
- Criminal Cases and Self Defence
- 3 main criminal offence classifications in Canada
- What must be proved for a criminal conviction in BC
- Free BC Criminal Law Book
Uttering Threats
- Can I be Charged Criminally for Threatening Someone in BC?
- Conditional Threat Can Result in Uttering Threats Charge in BC
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- Client Charged with Assault in BC is Found Not Guilty...
Posted on 12/23/2011 - Drug Smuggling Trial Wraps Up - Reported in the Abbotsford Times Newspaper...
Posted on 11/14/2011 - 5 Possible Assault Charge Defences in BC...
Posted on 10/21/2011 - Gordon Helps with BC Speeding Ticket Disputes...
Posted on 10/19/2011 - Home Invasion Self-Defence - Gordon Dykstra in the Vancouver Sun...
Posted on 10/11/2011
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DUI / Impaired Driving
- BC DUI Lawyer: Update on BC DUI Laws Since Big November 30, 2011 Court Decision
- When is DUI considered a felony?
- Canadian Driving Under the Influence Laws
- Canada DUI Laws: Guilty For Drunk Driving In a Motorized Wheelchair
- Hosting a Holiday Bash? The current law on social host liability
Drug Charges
Traffic / Driving Offences
- Do you dispute a speeding ticket or other traffic ticket in BC? If so, talk to BC criminal defence lawyer Gordon Dykstra to see how he can help.
- The DUI Test and Drunk Driving Laws in BC
- Types of Breathalyzer
- Charged With A Crime? You Need to Consult Criminal Law Firms.
Assault
- BC Criminal Defence Attorney: About Criminal Harassment and Stalking
- Charged with Assault in BC? Read 5 possible defences to assault here.
- What Are The Rules Of Respect In Criminal Law?
- What Happens If You Are Found Guilty of a Crime in BC?
- Canadian Criminal Offences Table
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- DUI / Impaired Driving
- Arrested? Your Right to Counsel in British Columbia
- BC Drinking and Driving 90 Day Driving Prohibition Issues
- No right to a criminal lawyer before roadside breathalyzer
- Delayed breath sample may result in “not guilty” from DUI charge
- How the breathalyzer works and possible ways to defend a DUI charge in BC
- BC ignition interlock program for DUI / impaired convictions
- Nanaimo signs encourage calling 911 to report drunk drivers
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- Client Charged with Assault in BC is Found Not Guilty
- Drug Smuggling Trial Wraps Up - Reported in the Abbotsford Times Newspaper
- 5 Possible Assault Charge Defences in BC
- Gordon Helps with BC Speeding Ticket Disputes
- Home Invasion Self-Defence - Gordon Dykstra in the Vancouver Sun
- Home Burglary: Gordon Dykstra Mention in the National Post
- Time to hang up the cell phones and start paying attention driving
- Personal background checks doubled in BC this year
- Lawyer claims Chicago officer made false DUI arrests
- BC jails overcrowded according to guards
- Taser maker not happy with BC findings
- 102,000 reported drug offences in 2008 in Canada
- More drug enforcement on the Canada-US border
- We now accept Visa and MasterCard
- New Surrey Law Office
- Breathalyzer in every car?
- Our firm newsletter is available for free download
- British Columbia has the highest drug crime rate in Canada
- Passports now required when driving to the USA
- We're moving on June 25, 2009
- MRI or CAT Scan?
- Dykstra & Company Launches Our New Website
- Drinking and Driving Still on BC Roads
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- Assault
- "Not guilty" - charged with assault with a deadly weapon
- "Not guilty" - client charged with theft under $5,000
- "Not guilty" - charged with sexual assault charge
- "Not guilty" - charged with kidnapping
- Assault charges dropped
- Uttering threats charge results in a peace bond
- "Not guilty" finding of a tampering witness charge
- Assault charge dropped
- Prosecution dropped assault charges
- Theft under $5,000 charges dropped
- Assault charges dropped
- "Not guilty" as a result of trial
- Charges dropped - assault and assault with a weapon
- Assault charge results in peace bond
- Client Found "Not Guilty" for Assault
- Not Guilty for Assault Charge - Trial Was on December 5, 2011
- Not Guilty of Sexual Assault - Trial was December 12, 2011
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- DUI / Impaired Driving
- BC DUI Lawyer: Update on BC DUI Laws Since Big November 30, 2011 Court Decision
- When is DUI considered a felony?
- Canadian Driving Under the Influence Laws
- Canada DUI Laws: Guilty For Drunk Driving In a Motorized Wheelchair
- Hosting a Holiday Bash? The current law on social host liability
- Charged with Driving While Prohibited?
- Were You Charged with Refusing to Provide a Breath Sample?
- What is a DUI Charge and What Can Happen?
- Charged with Dangerous Driving or Street Racing?
- Were You Charged With Hit and Run?
- Breathalyzers and how a criminal lawyer can defend a DUI charge in BC?
- About Gordon Dykstra's Criminal Law Book: "Am I Going to Jail?"
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- What must the prosecutor prove to be convicted of a DUI / impaired driving?
- If I’m pulled over and asked to breathe into a breathalyzer do I need to do so?