The government is continuing its conversations with the people of Ontario by hosting consultations across the province that will inform the 2019 Budget. The pre-budget consultations provide individuals and organizations with a chance to tell the government directly about what matters most to them ahead of next year’s Budget.
Industry responds to Ontario’s auto insurance shakeup
Three’s Company or Three’s a Crowd? Recent Guidance from the Courts on Third-Party Funding of Litigation
Third-party funding of litigation is a relatively new phenomenon in Canada. Under this type of funding arrangement, a third-party lender agrees to advance funds to a litigant, subject to terms and conditions, usually in exchange for a certain percentage of any amount that is recovered through settlement or after a judgment. As courts have recognized, these types of arrangements have the potential to increase access to justice by providing litigants who o not have access to significant capital with access to important resources and tools that may facilitate their ability to fully advance the merits of their claims.
Priority dispute can proceed in mechanic test-drive case
Court Denies Summary Judgment to Defendant Driver with Right-of-Way
In Clarke v. Toronto Transit Commission, 2018 ONSC 6453, the Ontario Superior Court dismissed the moving defendant’s motion for Summary Judgment in a case involving a collision between a motor vehicle and a pedestrian.
Insurers weigh in on how automated vehicles should be covered