Penal law
Criminal Law Under the Road Safety Code
The Road Safety Code provides for penalties that can affect your mobility, your employment, and, quite often, your quality of life. At Lacroix Tarabay Légal, our team supports individuals facing penalties related to driving by providing a thorough review of their case and strategies tailored to each specific situation.
Traffic Tickets and License Suspensions: Asserting Your Rights
Whether you’re contesting a traffic ticket, facing a mandatory license suspension, or dealing with any other issue related to driving, a defense attorney can always help you mitigate the consequences of an arrest. Our firm analyzes every situation in minute detail, formulates the most sound recommendations, and supports the client in finding a resolution that is proportionate to their personal circumstances.
Demerit Points: Preserving the Integrity of Your Record
When the accumulation of demerit points reaches a concerning threshold, it becomes imperative to act quickly: our team works with each client to develop a personalized strategy aimed at limiting the impact of these points and ensuring the continued validity of their right to drive.
Restricted License: Dealing with the Imposed Conditions
If your right to drive is suspended, it is possible to obtain a license with specific restrictions. We support our clients in understanding the conditions imposed on them, while continually seeking to ease the constraints these place on their daily lives.
Vehicle Seizure: Exploring Your Legal Options
A vehicle seizure — a frequent consequence of certain traffic offences — puts the owner in a situation where speed and precision become essential. Our firm evaluates the specific circumstances of each seizure and can pursue a motion for release of the vehicle, while clearly explaining to the client the full range of options available to recover it.
Revocation of Judgment: Seeking a Fair Review
A judgment rendered by default is not necessarily final. Our team conducts a thorough review of the circumstances surrounding such a decision and, where warranted, files a motion in revocation of judgment, with the goal of obtaining a fair and impartial reassessment of the case.
Penal Law Under the Consumer Protection Act
The relationship between a merchant and a consumer rests on a structural imbalance that Quebec lawmakers sought to correct through the Consumer Protection Act. When this protective framework is ignored or circumvented, the consequences for the consumer can be significant: excessive financial commitment, a defective product with no apparent recourse, or a contract entered into under undue pressure. It is also possible for a merchant to receive a very steep fine under penal charges. The team at Lacroix Tarabay Légal assists merchants who believe such fines are excessive and/or unfounded. Below are the offences for which charges may be laid:
Prohibited Business Practices and False Advertising
Certain sales or marketing methods cross the line of what is legally tolerated: false statements about a product's characteristics, silence on an important fact, or creating a false impression regarding the price or conditions of an offer.
Credit Contracts and Instalment Sales
Agreements involving financing — whether a credit contract, an instalment sale, or a long-term lease — are subject to particularly strict form and disclosure requirements. Omitting a mandatory disclosure or miscalculating credit charges may, depending on the circumstances, result in the contract being cancelled or the consumer's obligations being reduced.
Itinerant Sales and Door-to-Door Solicitation
A consumer solicited at home, whether in person or by other means of communication, benefits from enhanced protections, particularly regarding the cancellation period available to withdraw from a hastily made commitment. Where this right of cancellation was not respected, or where the formalities surrounding itinerant sales were neglected by the merchant, remedies exist to release the consumer from their obligations.
Legal Warranties and Defective Goods
Beyond the conventional warranties offered by a manufacturer or merchant, the law imposes basic warranties that protect consumers against hidden defects and against a lack of reasonable durability of a good. A merchant who refuses to honour these legal warranties exposes themselves to legal recourse.
