The Law Society of Upper Canada is calling for Hamilton lawyer John Findlay to be suspended amid an investigation into $1.5 million missing from a fund for Caledonia residents disrupted by the 2006 occupation of a housing project by members of Six Nations.
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We are hearing about more and more cases where the time limitations for filing have lapsed due to a failure by a plaintiff’s legal representative to meet deadlines. Claimants should stay informed of what is happening with their files and forms and ask the questions about filing dates and limitations. Please see some of the decisions and articles listed at the bottom of this page for details
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Stringent rules, enforcement key to dealing with PI advertising
Advertising is the big challenge facing personal injury lawyers for the next decade and enforcement will be the key to successfully deal with the issue, Aurora personal injury lawyer Tim Boland tells Canadian Lawyer magazine.
PI lawyers play a vital role under current claims process
With any insurance claim, a protracted battle starts — and a personal injury lawyer’s role is to fight with your insurer to oblige them to honour the policy, Toronto-area personal injury lawyer Darryl Singer writes in The Lawyer’s Daily.
Hard cap on referral fees the right move
The Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) got it right by imposing a hard cap on referral fees, says Barrie personal injury lawyer Steve Rastin.
The governing body approved a $25,000 limit on all referral fees at its April Convocation, with a sliding scale that puts a 15-per-cent cap on the first $50,000 in legal fees charged, plus five-per-cent on anything over that amount.
http://www.advocatedaily.com/s
How LAWPRO stood up for lawyers in 2016
The great majority of claims reported to LawPRO are either abandoned, settled, or resolved through mediation or arbitration. But if we hope to preserve reasonable and fair limits on the scope of lawyers’ responsibilities, we must occasionally go to court. Our litigation track record is proof of our sound judgment about when to go to trial, pursue an appeal, or bring a summary judgment motion. We win the majority of cases we take to trial. Our commitment to all of our insureds is at the heart of each decision to go to court on behalf of one of them.
http://avoidaclaim.com/2017/ho