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The federal government is proposing to eliminate the ability for designated professionals — including doctors, lawyers and accountants — to elect to use billed-basis accounting in this year’s budget.

http://www.investmentexecutive.com/-/professionals-will-no-longer-be-able-to-use-billed-based-accounting

The decision of JK v. BJH 2016 CanLII 85163 (ON HPARB) reminds health professionals to be very careful when preparing affidavits for use in legal proceedings in which they have a personal interest. This means ensuring that they qualify their role, and make clear that they are not giving a professional opinion or advice.

http://www.advocatedaily.com/lonny-rosen-health-professionals-must-exercise-caution-in-legal-proceedings.html

It seems likely that visitors to this site will have heard about, or, indeed, have read, the Court of Appeal’s February 13, 2017, decision in Fink & Bornstein’s class action against the WSIB  – Pietro Castrillo v. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (Mr. Castrillo being the representative plaintiff) .

https://administrativejusticereform.ca/wsib-and-the-ontario-court-of-appeal-decision-in-the-castrillo-class-action/

At the Roger R. Foisy injury law firm, we strongly believe in educating people as much as possible about the process of injury and long-term disability (LTD) law in Ontario, as well as helping them understand what to do and what to expect after an injury or disability.

https://www.injurylawyercanada.com/blog/educational-long-term-disability-resources/

Surveillance in the insurance industry is commonplace as companies try to prove that plaintiffs may be lying or exaggerating their claims of being injured, says Paciocco, partner with Paciocco & Mellow.

http://www.advocatedaily.com/gino-paciocco-surveillance-a-reality-in-most-personal-injury-cases-paciocco.html

Ontario’s Family Law Act mandates that the property acquired by spouses during marriage, called “net family properties”, is to be shared equally upon marriage breakdown, with some narrow exceptions. One such exception is – “Damages or a right to damages for personal injuries, nervous shock, mental distress or loss of guidance, care and companionship or the part of the settlement that represents those damages” – that are to be excluded from equalization of net family properties.

http://www.lerners.ca/lernx/interplay-family-law-personal-injury/

Many insurers and their expert accountants routinely deduct post-accident business income from the income replacement benefit (IRB) entitlements of self-employed insureds irrespective of their inability to return to work. Others take the position that any efforts, no matter how trivial, short of complete disability, are sufficient to qualify income in the ongoing business as fully deductible.

https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/2740/what-surani-decision-means-for-deductions-from-irb-entitlements-?category=analysis

When a recent bout of unseasonable weather warmed everything from the air to the cockles of motorists’ hearts, some eager beavers flung caution to the wind and had their winter tires rotated right out. “Avoid the lineups come April,” I could almost hear them saying. Who doesn’t want to check a few things off that endless to-do list sooner rather than later?

http://driving.ca/auto-news/news/the-little-things-can-mean-a-lot-when-it-comes-to-fine-print

While some insurance carriers continue to favour traditional claims processes, the demand for faster cycle times, reduced expenses and improved customer satisfaction is driving increased automation and an eventual migration from virtual to “touchless claims,” according to a new report from LexisNexis Risk Solutions.

http://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/insurance/lexisnexis-risk-solutions-explores-roadmap-touchless-claims-1004110624/