Convocation approved a cap for referral fees based on a percentage of the legal fee: 15% for the first $50,000 of legal fees and 5% of all legal fees thereafter, to an absolute cap of $25,000.
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Cap on legal referral fees must be enforced
The long awaited end to excessive lawyer referral fees might finally be here.
This in the wake of the decision last week by the Law Society of Upper Canada to cap referral fees paid to referring lawyers and paralegals for referral arrangements entered into on or after Thursday, April 27, 2017.
http://www.torontosun.com/2017
Some Severe Injuries Resulting From Car Accidents And The Importance Of Accident Benefits
Every year in Ontario there are over 30,000 car collisions where roughly 50,000 drivers, passengers, cyclists and/or pedestrians suffer personal injuries. While the vast majority of these injuries are fairly minor, hundreds more are considered major or catastrophic and may result in permanent disability. What every injury has in common is that it is an unanticipated injury; in the blink of an eye tens of thousands of people each year are suddenly confronted with injuries from car accidents, and usually such victims know very little about coping with such unexpected injuries.
Toronto traffic deaths remain high despite $80M safety push
Traffic deaths remain unacceptably high, say city officials, despite council adopting Toronto’s first comprehensive road safety plan last July.
At the second annual road safety summit at city hall on Wednesday advocates, police, and government officials gathered to discuss the progress of the $80-million, five-year safety push.
Changes to Canada’s drunk driving laws will give police sweeping powers, warn legal experts
If Canada’s new impaired driving laws are passed police could show up on your doorstep — up to two hours after you arrive home — to demand a breath or saliva sample.
It’s one of the things that most concerns Calgary defence lawyer Dale Fedorchuk. who says the proposed law “begs” for a constitutional challenge.
‘No active deals on the table’ to sell minority interest in SGI Canada
Saskatchewan has a new law allowing for the sale of up to 49% of crown corporations, but the provincial government will continue to have a monopoly on compulsory auto insurance, a spokesperson for Saskatchewan Government Insurance told Canadian Underwriter Friday.
Hryniak still raising questions three years on
A host of unanswered questions about summary judgment motions remain almost three years after the Supreme Court of Canada’s landmark judgment on the issue, says Toronto intellectual property and civil litigation lawyer Kevin Fisher.
http://www.advocatedaily.com/k
Disability Insurance Denial – Fees and Strategy
It comes as a shock to most people: you are unable to work, you have been paying the disability insurance company regularly and on time (otherwise they would have cut off your coverage), then you get a letter from them saying that they have simply denied the claim. Sometimes a doctor that they hand-selected and hired said you weren’t entitled anymore and other times you are completely in the dark about the medical reasons for denial. Sometimes these things happens despite the opinion of your doctor that you are not able to work, sometimes it defies common sense, and, in my recent experience, sometimes it defies any basic element of compassion and humanity.
https://law123.ca/disability-i
How do I appeal a decision about ODSP income support to the Social Benefits Tribunal?
If you disagree with a decision about income support from the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), you may be able to appeal to the Social Benefits Tribunal (SBT).
To appeal means that you ask the SBT to decide that the decision is wrong.
New prescribing guidelines look to cut use of opioids
TORONTO — Updated opioid-prescribing guidelines released Monday encourage doctors to avoid giving the powerful narcotics as a first-line treatment to patients with chronic, non-cancer pain and instead try other medications or non-pharmaceutical therapies to prevent a host of potential harms associated with the widely used drugs.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/n