Navigate mandatory minimums, HTA suspensions, and charter challenges in impaired driving defense.
This course provides a practical framework for managing impaired driving files, focusing on the intersection of the Criminal Code and the Highway Traffic Act. It covers the administrative consequences of an arrest, including the 90-day administrative driving license suspension and the nuances of the reduced suspension with ignition interlock program.
Join us for an overview of impaired driving law, with an emphasis on the issues that most often arise in investigation, prosecution, defence, and sentencing.
Criminal lawyer Ed Ducharme will discuss the following topics:
If you are a criminal lawyer in the early years of your practice, this program is for you.
Toronto Lawyers Association
For more than 135 years, the Toronto Lawyers' Association, located within the Courthouse Library, has represented the interests of lawyers practising in the City of Toronto. The association was founded to support its members in three key areas: Knowledge, Advocacy, and Community.To uphold these pillars, the association offers a year-round mix of online and in-person education programs for lawyers, hosts both free and paid events to foster in-person networking, and submits advocacy pieces on behalf of its members to the Ontario bench and bar, all levels of government, and the broader public.
Criminal Defence Lawyer at Kruse Law Firm
Ed Ducharme is a dedicated Toronto criminal defence lawyer who has exclusively practiced criminal law throughout his career. Prior to joining Kruse Law Firm, Ed worked as an associate at several well-known criminal law firms in the Greater Toronto Area. He regularly appears before the Ontario Court of Justice and the Superior Court of Justice, defending clients across the full spectrum of criminal offences. His practice focuses on three key areas: impaired driving and all Criminal Code driving offences, sexual offences, and domestic assault matters in Toronto and across Ontario. Ed has significant experience defending clients charged with impaired driving and related Criminal Code driving offences, including dangerous driving, driving while prohibited, and driving while disqualified. He understands the serious legal and licensing consequences these charges carry and works strategically to protect his clients’ records, driving privileges, and future opportunities. Ed has experience defending a wide range of serious criminal charges, including criminal harassment, drug offences, firearms offences, and homicide-related matters. He has secured acquittals on charges such as attempted murder, sexual interference, sexual assault, aggravated assault, and firearms offences. He has also achieved numerous withdrawals and stays across a broad range of cases, including sexual offences and complex prosecutions. His work on cannabis-impaired driving has been published in RegQuest, reflecting his ongoing engagement with developing areas of criminal law.
