In a recent Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) decision, an arbitrator ruled that it would be inappropriate for an insurer to use a medical report concerning the claimant’s husband, who also had a claim for accident benefits, without his consent. The husband and wife had separate claims to the same insurer arising out of a 2013 accident.
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The Insurance Act is just one act to consider among all the other factors when dealing with the two-year limitation period in statutory accident benefits disputes, the Ontario Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT) has found.
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One of the difficulties with civil trial juries is that it is too costly to ensure jurors are impartial and not accessing information via the internet outside the courtroom, Toronto critical injury lawyer Patrick Brown writes in The Lawyer’s Daily.
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The Ontario Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT) seems to have extended the categories of individuals who are found to be professional providers for the purposes of attendant care, Philippa Samworth, partner at Dutton Brock LLP, said on Tuesday.
Is having a bout of mental illness something that should result in a police record?
Astoundingly, that is the reality in much of this country.
It is an egregious breach of civil rights, yet the practice continues because people who suffer serious mental illnesses such as depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia are all too often voiceless, powerless and victims of well-entrenched stereotypes.
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia’s monopoly should end, Insurance Bureau of Canada said this week, but the province’s attorney general contends that competition will not result in lower premiums for B.C. vehicle owners.
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Only “fair and reasonable” fees and disbursements can be charged by lawyers to their clients. This rule is uncontroversial, and applies across the country. Nevertheless, the following billing practices are used by some Canadian firms, and not clearly forbidden by regulation:[1]
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MB was hurt in a car accident on November 21, 2013. She continued to work up until she underwent surgery on September 1, 2015, approximately 1 year and 9 months after the accident. After the surgery, MB was unable to work and applied and received IRBs on February 17, 2016.