Charge: Assault (domestic). Issue: Whether there was a substantial likelihood of a conviction. Result: Mr. Mines was able to persuade Crown that there was a lack of evidence that would lead to a conviction resulting in Crown deciding to not approve any charge. No criminal record.
Charge: Hit and Run. Issue: Whether our client would be charged with a Criminal Code offence and whether ICBC would breach his insurance policy as a result of his actions. Result: Mr. Mines was able to persuade police to issue our client a Motor Vehicle Act violation ticket rather than proceed with criminal charges. Mr. […]
Michael Mines cut through the small talk pleasantries and had an amiable straight-forward way of explaining my options. He listened to what I wanted and didn’t try to coerce me into anything else. I had an IRP and if it were not for Mike pulling though it would have negatively impacted my life for years. […]
Charge: Speeding; Driving without Reasonable Consideration. Issue: Whether our client had a lawful excuse for driving in the manner he did. Result: Mr. Mines was able to present medical evidence to the police officer who agreed to drop the Driving without Reasonable Consideration charge and to proceed against our client as the registered owner rather […]
Charge: 90 Day Immediate Roadside Prohibition. Issue: Whether the police officer had reasonable grounds to demand the breath sample that our client refused to provide. Result: The adjudicator agreed with Mr. Mines’ submissions that the officer did not have objectively reasonable grounds to make the demand and, accordingly, found that our client was entitled to […]
I met Ryan Johnson at the worst time of my life: my ex-wife lied to the police and got me arrested for an assault with a weapon. Scheduling the meeting with Ryan was simple and quick, and he assured me that he will fight to make sure that I will not be convicted of a […]
I met Ryan Johnson at the worst time of my life: my ex-wife lied to the police and got me arrested for an assault with a weapon. Scheduling the meeting with Ryan was simple and quick, and he assured me that he will fight to make sure that I will not be convicted of a […]
Charge: Fraud Over $5000. Issue: To what extent could Crown counsel prove that our client was involved in a “foreign lottery scam” designed to deprive the complainant of $65,000? Result: Mr. Mines was able to persuade Crown that our client was merely a courier and not a director of the fraud. Rather than the jail […]
Charge: Assault with a weapon. Issue: Given new evidence provided by Mr. Johnson to Crown counsel, whether there was a raesonable likelihood of a conviction. Result: Mr. Johnson was able to persuade Crown to enter a stay of proceedings. No criminal record.
Charge: Assault. Issue: Given the rehabilitative steps our client took on his own initiative, whether it was in the public interest to proceed with the prosecution. Result: Mr. Johnson was able to persuade Crown to enter a stay of proceedings. No criminal record.
Charge: Assault. Issue: Whether, given information provided to police investigators by Mr. Johnson, there was a public interest in proceeding. Result: Police agreed that, given the totality of the circumstances, there was no public interest in approving any charge. No criminal record.
Charge: Possession of Controlled Substance (x5). Issue: Whether it was in the public interest to prosecute our client who was found in possession of marijuana, MDA, LSD, MDMA and psilocybin mushrooms. Result: Mr. Johnson was able to persuade Crown to allow our client into the Alternative Measures Program and to stay all charges upon our client […]
