SafeRoads NetLetter January 2025
L’hirondelle v Alberta (Director of Saferoads), 2024 ABKB 543 Spotlight on Court Case of the Month Characters: Justice McGuire, Def: A. Klassen Take-Away: While it is the Applicant’s burden to show that the grounds to cancel the NAP have been met, the Applicant can rely on the absence of evidence to support their position in discharging that burden. Highlights: A witness called police to report a vehicle having driven into the ditch and suspected the driver was impaired. The witness was not on scene when police arrived. Police found the applicant in the back of another bystander’s vehicle, but no one provided evidence that the applicant had been the driver of the vehicle. The applicant blew a “FAIL” on an ASD and was issued a…



