The time has come to scrap jury trials in civil matters, says Toronto critical injury lawyer John McLeish.
“The jury system has outlived its usefulness,” McLeish, a partner with McLeish Orlando LLP, tells AdvocateDaily.com. “Trials take longer, they’re more expensive, and the results are more uncertain.”
The vast majority of civil jury trials involve personal injury matters, McLeish says, and it is insurers who almost always elect trial by jury.
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The Minister of Finance will be hosting pre-budget consultations and telephone town halls with stakeholders across the province in the upcoming year.
Mr. TT was injured in a car accident on October 14, 2014. He applied to Certas SABs. Certas initially approved medical benefits and began paying him an IRB. Certas then declined to approve more treatment on the basis that Mr. TT reached the $3,500 treatment limit for soft-tissue injuries, and terminated the IRB as of March 6, 2015. Mr. TT applied to the LAT.
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The Ontario government announced its latest round of changes to automobile insurance, called the Fair Auto Insurance Plan. This follows on the heels of the report by David Marshall, Ontario’s advisor on auto insurance, who released a report in April 2017 outlining a number of suggestions for modifying Ontario’s auto insurance regime.
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New rules that will mean automatic driver’s licence suspension for convicted distracted drivers in Ontario will soon take effect after receiving Royal Assent, 680NEWS has learned.
“The law has been passed — it’s now just a matter of time,” Toronto police Const. Clint Stibbe told 680 NEWS on Monday.
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An Ontario judge has criticized the conduct of two personal injury lawyers as “shameful” in a dispute over less than $3,500.
In Cozzi v. Sidiropoulos, lawyer Peter Cozzi brought a claim against Joseph Sidiropoulos, alleging he had failed in an undertaking to protect his account after the transfer of a file, as he had not paid the account. A client had retained Sidiropoulos to take over an action in which Cozzi had previously represented the client.
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Pursuant to the Limitations Act, there is a two-year limitation period for commencing a civil suit, beginning from the point the claim was discovered. In most cases, the two-year period begins from the date the person was injured in an accident, but may be extended if a person did not realize they had grounds to make a claim against the negligent party until past this date.
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