Claims against litigators are the largest area-of-law subset in LAWPRO’s claims portfolio. The rate of increase in claims in this area outstrips all others, and is an increasing source of concern.In the past two years, we have focused on the claims impact of the changes to Rule 48 of the Rules of Civil Procedure. Judgments reported in 2017 include actions dismissed as statute barred, administrative dismissals by registrars, dismissals for failing to “show cause” at status hearings, dismissals under Rule 24, and decisions refusing to restore actions to the trial list. However, claims against litigators are far more varied than these, as these summaries of some LAWPRO cases reveal.
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