A pediatrician who has worked in Mississauga and Sarnia is still practising after being convicted of sexually assaulting women related to his work.
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Motherisk concerns a ‘wake-up call’ for family lawyers
The Family Lawyers Association says concerns about the reliability of the hair drug tests performed by the Motherisk lab at Sick Kids will compel lawyers to question expert evidence.
Growth slows and Revenues Fall: Liberals’ Economic Statement
Catherine Fife, Ontario NDP Finance Critic (MPP, Kitchener-Waterloo), says that Liberals’ fall economic statement shows that Ontario’s slow growth and falling revenues will result in deeper cuts, more privatization and sale of public assets.
The most interesting man at Queen’s Park
Jagmeet Singh stands out. In the bespoke suits and custom-fitted shirts he favours, Singh looks like he should be on the cover of a glossy magazine — which he was when Toronto Life named him to their best-dressed list last year.
http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/5355/The-most-interesting-man-at-Queens-Park.html
Fitbit Data Now Being Used In The Courtroom
Personal injury cases are prime targets for manipulation and conjecture. How do you show that someone who’s been in a car accident can’t do their job properly, and deserves thousands of dollars in compensation? Till now lawyers have relied on doctors to observe someone for half an hour or so and give their, sometimes-biased opinion. Soon, they might also tap the wealth of quantifiable data provided by fitness trackers. A law firm in Calgary is working on the first known personal injury case that will use activity data from a Fitbit to help show the effects of an accident on their client.
Clinical Record Disclosure Thwarts Adverse Inference Request
In the recent case (Beggs v. Stone) the Plaintiff was involved in a 2009 collision caused by the Defendant. The Plaintiff suffered a variety of soft tissue injuries with accompanying psychological difficulties which rendered her disabled. In the course of the trial the Plaintiff did not call a variety of treating physicians including one who treated her before and shortly after the collision and treating psychologists. In declining to draw an adverse inference Mr. Justice Smith placed ‘particular emphasis‘ on the fact that fulsome disclosure of these treating physicians records was made. In finding no inference should be made the Court provided the following reasons:
Supreme Court of Canada ruling makes honesty the law for businesses
Lying in business will be a lot more expensive after a Supreme Court of Canada ruling that establishes a ground-breaking new doctrine in contract law.
“The tide has come in,” said veteran Toronto litigator Paul Pape, who frequently represents shareholders and other parties against businesses in class-action lawsuits. “If you lie, it’s going to cost you now.”
In a unanimous ruling, a panel of seven Supreme Court justices rewrote centuries-old common law to clarify bewildering Canadian case law about the legal duty of businesses to act in good faith with companies and people with whom they have contracts. Some areas of contractual law, such as employment, franchise and insurance agreements, already require a duty of good faith, but no such standard exists in the broader arena of commercial contracts. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/supreme-court-of-canada-ruling-makes-honesty-the-law-for-businesses/article21583597/
Legal Feeds Blog – SCC establishes duty of honesty between contracting parties
In perhaps the most important contract decision of the past 20 years, the Supreme Court of Canada today established a general doctrine of good faith between parties and a specific duty of honesty — opening up the civil courts to a potential wave of lawsuits based on perceived deceptions. http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/legalfeeds/
Halton cop charged with fraud
A Halton cop is now the latest GTA officer facing criminal charges for allegedly submitting fraudulent benefit claims.
Halton Regional Police say they launched an investigation into the eight-year veteran after receiving complaints from the service’s benefits provider.
“The officer has been charged with one count of fraud under $5,000 in relation to fraudulent submissions of benefit claims,” police said in a statement Thursday.
http://www.torontosun.com/2014/11/13/halton-cop-charged-with-fraud
York police officer charged after insurance benefits misused
York Regional Police have charged one of their own officers after company insurance benefits were allegedly misused.
In July, the force’s Police Professional Standards Bureau launched an investigation of an officer in response to complaints from its benefits provider.
York police will not disclose any details about the allegations, and cannot provide the name of the insurance provider since the company is considered a victim. http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2014/10/15/york_police_officer_charged_after_insurance_benefits_misused.html
Towing firms propose changes to Ontario auto insurance fraud bill
The Ontario government is currently working on an omnibus bill intended to reduce auto insurance claims costs, but an executive from one insurer warns of “unintended consequences” if tow trucks are defined as commercial vehicles under provincial law while a director for a tow truck association questions the need to change the rules stipulating the reporting of vehicle impoundment.