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Login to watch this video if you have a subscription. Learn more about subscriptions.Defence lawyer Carolynn Conron and licensed paralegal Steven Keyes lead this presentation on recent POA amendments, limitations, rules of professional conduct, types of provincial offences, procedural issues, preparation, trial, costs, sentencing, appeals, and more.
New calls, articling students, and paralegals learn how to be more effective for their clients, family members, or themselves in Highway Traffic court and in defending other provincial offences, while gaining practical guidance on navigating provincial offences and working toward winning or reducing the penalty.
The presentation gives a practical look at Provincial Offences Act and Highway Traffic Act advocacy, with a strong focus on how convictions can affect insurance, demerit points, licence suspensions, and client decision-making. It reviews the legal framework for offence classification, including mens rea, strict liability, and absolute liability, and refers to authorities dealing with liability classification, handheld device offences, insurance fault assessment, disclosure, and fine reduction. It also highlights practical takeaways such as spotting defects on the charging document, preserving Charter and delay arguments, understanding the gap between demerit points and insurance consequences, advising clients carefully on resolution options, and approaching trial with sound preparation and strategy.
Carolynn Conron is the commander and leader of Conron Law Professional Corporation, she is passionate about ensuring no-one is unfairly stigmatized by a criminal conviction.
Carolynn obtained her Honours Bachelor of Arts at McMaster University, graduating Summa Cum Laude (highest honours), in 2006. After moving to Canada’s West Coast and earning her Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of British Columbia Law School in 2009, she was called as a member of the Law Society of British Columbia in 2010 and a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada in 2011. Carolynn returned to her hometown of London, Ontario and continued her studies at Western University, earning her Master of Laws (LL.M.) and successfully defending her thesis “Canada’s Marijuana Medical Access Regulations: Up In Smoke” (2012) under the supervision of Professor Robert Solomon. During this time, she also worked as a review counsel at Community Legal Services, assisting defendants who were denied Legal Aid.
Carolynn is active in the legal community, holding the positions of the London Director of the Ontario Criminal Lawyers’ Association, Vice President of the London Criminal Lawyers’ Association and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Middlesex Law Association. She supported Diabetes Canada as an active board member for The Meal from 2016-2017, and is a regular participant in yoga at her local community centre.
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