Quick Answer — Mississauga
Point Duty defends fail to stop after an accident charges under Criminal Code s.320.16(1) — the criminal counterpart to the HTA's fail to remain, which requires proof you knew the accident happened. Summary conviction carries up to two years less a day, a possible driving prohibition, and a criminal record. A licensed paralegal can act on a summary election; where the accident is alleged to have caused bodily harm or death, the charge falls outside paralegal scope and is referred to a lawyer.
A Mississauga fail to stop file is usually built at the registered owner's address rather than at the scene — officers attend hours later, photograph the vehicle and try to establish who was driving, because the plate proves the car and not the person. What was said at that door tends to decide the case, so that is what Point Duty Traffic Court Defence and Legal Services reads a Mississauga disclosure at the Davis courthouse for. On scope, a paralegal may act on s.320.16(1); where the accident caused bodily harm or death, the matter goes to a lawyer.
Failing to stop after a collision involving another person, vehicle, or animal, with knowledge of the accident. The criminal counterpart to the HTA's Fail to Remain — escalates when injury or death is involved. Only the base offence at s.320.16(1) is within paralegal scope, on a summary election.
Section 320.16 of the Criminal Code prohibits a person involved in an accident with another conveyance, person, or animal from failing to stop and provide their name, address, and licence information, or fleeing the scene with knowledge of the accident.
Hybrid. On summary election: up to 2 years less a day. On indictment: up to 10 years. Where the accident caused bodily harm the maximum rises to 14 years on indictment; where it caused death the offence is indictable only and carries up to life. A driving prohibition is available at the court's discretion. Criminal record on conviction.
If Crown elects summary, within paralegal scope. If indictable election is made (common for injury cases), we refer to a barrister. Disclosure focuses on the accused's knowledge of the accident.
Peel Region's largest city and one of our home jurisdictions. Charges out of Peel Regional Police, OPP Port Credit, and the QEW are routinely heard at the Mississauga courts. Adjacent to Toronto and Hamilton — we appear at all three weekly.
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