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Driving down insurance rates

by Admin2

We’ve been down this road before – a road filled with plenty of political potholes.

Provincial finance minister Charles Sousa has reiterated his plans to lower car insurance costs for Ontario’s nine million drivers.

http://www.ourwindsor.ca/opinion-story/4623042-driving-down-insurance-rates/

Car insurance companies want to track your every move—and you’re going to let them

by Admin2
In future, if you don’t agree to be tracked, you may not only pay higher premiums; perhaps you won’t even be eligible for insurance from most companies. It could be like having a shady credit history, or failing to provide the basic “know-your-customer” information required to open a bank account. “In the end, serving the ‘naysayers’ may become a specialty market niche for some carriers,” suggests a recent report (pdf) on usage-base insurance programs from Deloitte.

Why Ontario drivers pay the highest car insurance rates in the country

by Admin2

Ontario has the highest auto insurance rates in Canada, with the average annual premium at $1,544.86 in 2012– 45 per cent more than in Alberta, the second-most costly. For young men like Dasko in the 16-to-24 age group, the hit is the worst – classified by the industry as high risk, they are charged stratospheric rates.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/adventure/trends/why-ontario-drivers-pay-the-highest-car-insurance-rates-in-the-country/article19522860/

Fewer claimants successful when appealing disability benefit denials

by Admin2

Canadians with long-term and debilitating illnesses who believe they have been unfairly denied federal disability benefits are finding it increasingly difficult to get those decisions overturned.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/fewer-claimants-successful-when-appealing-disability-benefit-denials/article19501881/

Social Justice: Courts should relent on recording defence medical examinations

by Admin2
Of course, that isn’t evidence of bias or that the doctor is incompetent. But with 11 negative remarks in 66 cases, shouldn’t we require proof of the doctor’s objectivity? Glustein didn’t think so, concluding there were no “substantial or compelling reasons to require videotaping or audiotyping to ensure fairness.” 

Time to end civil trials by juries

by Admin2

You have to wonder why insurance companies would want to have their cases decided by juries rather than judges.

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/07/05/time-to-end-civil-trials-by-juries

Loose ends can wipe out comprehensive settlements

by Admin2
Failure to obtain court approval of the settlement of a minor’s modest Family Law Act claim as part of a comprehensive personal injury settlement can result in the nullification of the entire settlement, according to Justice Gregory Mulligan of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in his April 28 decision in Downing v. Reynolds [2014] O.J. No. 1897.

Driving down insurance rates

by Admin2

This week, Mississauga South MPP and provincial finance minister Charles Sousa reiterated his plans to lower car insurance costs for Ontario’s 9 million drivers.

http://www.mississauga.com/opinion-story/4618825-driving-down-insurance-rates/

Psychotherapy 101/Ontario

by Admin2

LONDON, Ont. — Seven years after Ontario passed a law to protect vulnerable people from unscrupulous and untrained psychotherapists, the law is not in force and anyone can claim to be a therapist.

Wednesday: What’s Hot on CanLII

by Admin2

2. Bailey v. Barbour, 2014 ONSC 3698

[50] It was argued by Mr. Fenn that Mr. Barbour must have known that Mr. Stewart was biased, as he was in Court throughout the trial, and accordingly must have known of the issue of bias. I am not satisfied that this is true, as there is some evidence suggesting that Mr. Barbour was not kept fully engaged in this litigation in the way one might expect.

http://www.slaw.ca/2014/07/02/wednesday-whats-hot-on-canlii-75/