This is a sampling of recent Alberta or Supreme Court of Canada impaired driving cases. Case summaries are added approximately on a weekly basis. The cases selected are intended to highlight some of the typical issues and defences which arise in impaired driving law. The cases summarized may or may not be consistent with higher precedent cases, may have been overturned on appeal in the interim, or may be subject to ongoing appeals.
Case summaries are provided courtesy of the Alberta Criminal Trial Research Centre, a wholly owned division of the law firm of Dawson Stevens & Shaigec, Barristers.
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All Cases from 2009
Case of the Week for July 6, 2009
impairedrivinghelp_com-1220.pdf - 27.58 KB - 06 Jul 2009
Case of the Week for June 29, 2009
impairedrivinghelp_com-1219.pdf - 29.71 KB - 29 Jun 2009
Case of the Week for June 22, 2009
impairedrivinghelp_com-1218.pdf - 43.01 KB - 22 Jun 2009
Case of the Week for June 15, 2009
impairedrivinghelp_com-1217.pdf - 43.6 KB - 15 Jun 2009
Case of the Week of June 8, 2009
impairedrivinghelp_com-1216.pdf - 26.24 KB - 08 Jun 2009
Case of the Week for June 1, 2009
impairedrivinghelp_com-1215.pdf - 26.93 KB - 01 Jun 2009
Case for the Week of May 25, 2009
Hearsay information can be relied upon by police in forming breath demand opinion.
impairedrivinghelp_com-1214.pdf - 26.62 KB - 20 May 2009
Case for the Week of May 18, 2009
15 min delay between vehicle stop and breath demand not unreasonable
impairedrivinghelp_com-1213.pdf - 30.34 KB - 18 May 2009
Case for the Week of Feb. 9, 2009
impairedrivinghelp_com-1212.pdf - 26.76 KB - 09 Feb 2009
Case for the Week of Feb. 2, 2009
impairedrivinghelp_com-1211.pdf - 28.08 KB - 02 Feb 2009
Case for the Week of January 26, 2009
impairedrivinghelp_com-1210.pdf - 31.35 KB - 26 Jan 2009
Case for the Week of January 19, 2009
impairedrivinghelp_com-1209.pdf - 26.39 KB - 19 Jan 2009
Case for the Week of January 12, 2009
impairedrivinghelp_com-1208.pdf - 28.54 KB - 12 Jan 2009
Case for the Week of January 5, 2009
impairedrivinghelp_com-1207.pdf - 28.67 KB - 05 Jan 2009