diviner

While representing yourself in court is always an option, I firmly believe in the old saying "The person who represents himself has a fool for a client." I actually witnessed someone attempt to represent himself in a court proceeding (divorce court). What I discovered is that a court room is a Judge's playground. The judge that day, decided that since none of what my friend was going to present had been registered ahead of time, he would not be allowed to present it. (It was totally up to the judge's descretion, but she didn't care) Since nothing could be presented by the husband, she turned to the wife and give her absolutely everything on her wishlist. For me in this proceeding, the stakes were too important. Losing would have costed me at least 5 to 6 thousand dollars, in fines and insurance rate hikes. Losing my license could very well cost me my job, and as the primary breadwinner for our family that is not a good thing. I figured I had nothing to lose hiring a good lawyer. I have timestamped photos of my GPS device showing the Max speed ever recorded. I have information from Garmin, the device's manufacturer testifying to the device's accuracy. I have eye witness testimony from my wife who looked over my shoulder when we saw the cop parked on the side of the road confirming my speed. But according to my lawyer, information on my GPS device information is hearsay, and may not be presentable, and there is no guarantee they would believe my wife. My lawyer said that there are ways around the hearsay laws, that could make this information presentable. I could very well imagine myself, not know these rules, representing myself, trying to present this information and being totally overruled by the judge and getting the book thrown at me. Has anyone in Ontario successfully sued a police officer in small claims court over the expenses of a traffic ticket? Because I would love to screw that pr*ck of a cop over this.

Because it should be obvious to anyone that not everyone who gets persecuted by this law is guilty. I know I certainly wasn't!! I was only going 117Km on a 400 series highway when I was charged with going 158 km. Now I am literally on the hook for thousands of dollars I can't afford to prove my innocence.