TORONTO – Today, the Law Society’s governing body, Convocation, agreed to cap and further regulate the fees a lawyer or paralegal may charge for referring a client to another licensee. A cap on referral fees was approved in principle. Rule amendments to implement the policy, and related proposals for additional requirements to increase transparency in marketing and to ensure genuine consent in referral fee arrangements will be considered by Convocation in the coming months.
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Are Jury Trials Fair? A Personal Injury Lawyer’s Perspective
When we think of jury trials in personal injury cases, we often think of dramatic Hollywood-style trials, where the underdog sues and wins millions of dollars. However, in Canada, there are several aspects to personal injury law that impact awards.
A look at work limitations four years after mild traumatic brain injury
A new study from researchers at the Auckland University of Technology’s National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neuroscience has discovered a dramatic link between people who have suffered a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), such as concussion, and their employment status four years later.
Concussion handbook
Informed by experts in youth concussion from the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Concussion Centre, the Concussion handbook is designed to help with your concussion management and recovery.
Appeal Court Revives Class Action against the WSIB
The Ontario Court of Appeal has revived a proposed class action brought by the appellant, Pietro Castrillo, on behalf of a class of injured workers whom he alleges have been wrongfully denied the full extent of benefits to which they were entitled under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 (the “Act”), by the respondent the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (“WSIB”). The class action alleges misfeasance in public office, bad faith, and negligence on the part of the WSIB.
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Correcting Your Personal Health Information
If you believe that your personal health information is not accurate or complete, Ontario’s health privacy legislation, the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA),
gives you the right to make a request to have it corrected.
Bill 12, Protection for Motor Vehicle Accident Victims and Other Consumers from Unfair Legal Practices Act, 2016 Current Status: First Reading Carried (September 14 2016)
The Bill amends the Law Society Act to prohibit licensees who provide legal services with respect to a personal injury claim involving the use of an automobile from receiving referral fees except on the successful completion or disposition of the claim. Regulations that are made by the Law Society, subject to the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, can limit the amount of allowable referral fees.
The Bill amends the Insurance Act to cap the amount of recovery of the costs of assessments, examinations, tests, reports or other medical care or rehabilitation provided by a regulated health professional in claims for personal injury involving the use of an automobile.
The Bill amends the Solicitors Act. If a lawyer or a paralegal enters into a fee agreement with a client, the agreement must disclose how the fee is calculated. The disclosure must be consumer-friendly, namely in a clear, comprehensible and prominent manner. If the fee involves a percentage of the amount of damages recovered with respect to a personal injury claim involving the use of an automobile, the amount to be paid to the lawyer or paralegal as a fee for recovering the damages is limited to 33 per cent of the amount of the damages.
LSUC Second Report of the Advertising and Fee Issues Working Group
The report’s recommendations will be voted on by Convocation on Thursday, Feb 23, 2017
LSUC FEB 2017 Advertising and Fee Issues WG Report to Convocation