Kindly take a moment to read the attached letter of introduction for the NtoN and why we are asking for your participation in a survey to help us identify future research priorities related to brain and spinal cord injury.
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The Ontario government has introduced changes to Ont. Reg. 461/96 which increases both the statutory deductibles and the threshold at which the deductible does not apply. The amendments to the regulation came into force on August 1, 2015. The government intends to increase both these amounts on annual basis to account for inflation.
An Ontario Superior Court judge is urging the Law Society of Upper Canada to provide more clarity about the rules for lawyers practising independently yet also in association under a common business name.
http://www.lawtimesnews.com/201508244882/headline-news/diamond-diamond-refutes-full-frontal-assault
And recent innovations in car insurance — including gap insurance, which covers so-called underwater borrowers, who owe more than the car is worth — prove that the industry isn’t standing still, he added. Down the road, we could even see software-update coverage, which would protect a driver if out-of-date software causes an accident.
http://www.ilstv.com/what-will-auto-insurers-do-when-there-are-no-drivers-left-to-insure/
Canada’s looming fentanyl problem has become impossible to ignore.
According to a recent study from The Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use, the powerful painkiller-turned-street drug was involved in 655 deaths between 2009 and 2014.
After a collision, insurance companies determine the fault of each party in order to establish which property damage policy applies. In Ontario, if a driver is found to be over 25 per cent at-fault for an accident, their premiums will likely increase. Keep in mind that insurance follows the owner of the vehicle so when you lend someone your vehicle, you are also lending them your insurance.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/simmy-yu/car-accident-questions_b_8007150.html
A hit and run is a serious offence that occurs when a driver hits another vehicle, pedestrian or cyclist and fails to remain at the scene of the accident. A driver has a duty to stop and remain at the location of the accident and the failure to do so is a violation of the law.
Lawyer Roderick Byrnes, who had previous professional misconduct convictions, should have warned his client about the “mounting costs” he was incurring while pursuing matters like divvying up household chattels and his preference to not have his spouse smoke in front of their children, Justice Janet Wilson ruled for the Divisional Court panel.