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02-10-2016, 01:45 PM
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#1 | | Wunder? Wonder?? Wander???
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I have a case for a traffic violation in which I am not guilty for. However the court room is in Merritt and I am located in Vancouver. Anyway I can transfer the court hearing to the lower mainland here?
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02-10-2016, 01:47 PM
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#2 | | Ricer Mod
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You may be able to appear via video but getting it transferred to Van will likely not happen. It's a shitty thing that in the past caused most people that got tickets going to and from Kelowna to just pay them rather than have to travel to dispute them. Now with Video courts I imagine it has changed things.
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02-10-2016, 06:58 PM
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Were you jaywalking?
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02-11-2016, 06:02 AM
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Normally, to dispute the VT, you have to attend the court who has jurisdiction for the area where the law was broken. Get ready for Merritt. If I gave a VT to a driver from Golden, while I worked in Port Hardy, should I have to go to Golden, taking about 5 day trip....and spend my work time travelling all over the province?
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02-11-2016, 09:20 AM
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The flip side of that coin is that should a person have to travel 5 days to dispute a ticket, losing work time which probably costs much more than the ticket just to dispute it?
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02-11-2016, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Berzerker  The flip side of that coin is that should a person have to travel 5 days to dispute a ticket, losing work time which probably costs much more than the ticket just to dispute it?
Berz out. | The defendant voluntarily exposed themselves to that jurisdiction, granting the local courts with personal jurisdiction.
Forum convenience is generally decided on where the evidence is and not the economical burden on the defendant for having to travel to the court.
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02-11-2016, 06:03 PM
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#7 | | Wunder? Wonder?? Wander???
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Thank you for the information! Definitely help made my decision easier for this situation.
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02-11-2016, 07:52 PM
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curious, what happens if he didnt show up for the court date?
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02-11-2016, 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by DavidNguyen curious, what happens if he didnt show up for the court date? | If he simply decides not to show up, it would be deemed uncontested then.-->Pay the full fine by a certain date. If he can prove that it's not his fault and he wasn't able to make it due to circumstances out of his control, he may be given another opportunity.
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