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With scientific research relating to minor motor vehicle accidents more definitive than ever before, medical experts have a duty to be informed of the latest literature in order to make unbiased assessments in matters that are before the courts, says Toronto orthopaedic spine and trauma surgeon Dr. Michael Ford.
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While retaining experts is commonplace in civil litigation, counsel are not always aware of who the expert has worked with, behind the scenes, to compile research or prepare analyses that contribute to the written report. We are also not always aware when the report itself was written not by the signatory, but someone else who worked on the file.
After-the-event (ATE) insurance has branched out beyond personal injury cases and is now available for all sorts of litigation, says Nick Robson, vice-president and general counsel in the Toronto office of the TheJudge Global.
http://www.advocatedaily.com/t
LIMITATION AND ENTITLEMNT TO BENEFITS: applicant did not provide any submissions to explain why it took approximately five months from the denial of EI benefits to the application for accident benefits; applicant makes case for IRBs;
Kiss a $14-million fraud case goodbye.
The frustration in the downtown Toronto courtroom was palpable. A scheme that allegedly defrauded 5,000 investors across Canada is now in “extreme jeopardy” after a judge shortage forced Superior Court Justice John McMahon to postpone the trial until January 2019. That will make it 60 months from the date of arrest to get to trial, double the 30-month maximum set out in the Supreme Court case known as R v. Jordan.
http://torontosun.com/news/loc
There is a movement underway that originated with the judiciary in Toronto to amend the Rules of Civil Procedure to expand the scope of Simplified Procedure.
It was a sunny, clear Easter Sunday afternoon when Theresa Laurico stepped off the Harbourfront streetcar, with her teacup Yorkie tucked under arm.
Despite evidence an illegal street race might have been underway when a speeding BMW 323i struck and killed a teenage cyclist, a judge has acquitted a Toronto man of various driving-related criminal offences.
TORONTO, March 1, 2018 /CNW/ – March is Fraud Prevention Month, and Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) is asking you to help curb auto insurance fraud.
Auto insurance fraud costs Ontario drivers an estimated $1.6 billion each year. This means that $236 of a driver’s auto insurance premium pays for the illegal activities of fraudsters. The bottom line is: They cheat, you pay.
In recent years, there have been a number of developments in the law which have resulted in escalating damage awards, particularly in catastrophic injury cases
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