FAIR – supporting auto accident victims through advocacy and education
FAIR – supporting auto accident victims through advocacy and education
FAIR – supporting auto accident victims through advocacy and education
‘FAIR – supporting auto accident victims through advocacy and education’
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ALERT
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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Recent months have seen an unprecedented wave of negative coverage of personal injury lawyers. Much of the coverage has focused on the perceived prevalence of excessive or confusing fee arrangements and in particular contingency fees — the familiar “you don’t pay unless we win” deal in which a lawyer’s fee is contingent on achieving a financial recovery for the client.
https://www.thestar.com/opinio
The Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario (IBAO) has released a statement saying it supports MPP Mike Colle’s Private Members Bill 103, Personal Injury and Accident Victims Protection Act, 2017, introduced in the Ontario Legislature on March 8, 2017.
http://www.citopbroker.com/new
A private member’s bill seeks to put a limit on Ontario lawyers’ contingency fees.
Bill 103 was introduced by Mike Colle, a Liberal MPP for Eglinton-Lawrence. If it is passed into law, the bill would amend the Law Society Act and the Solicitors Act in matters related to personal injury claims and client arrangements.
A lawyer for the accident victim in a case of alleged double-dipping by a Toronto law firm says the firm’s contracts are “illegal” and former clients should get money back.
The Ontario Divisional Court has issued a stinging criticism of the processes lawyers have to follow to retrieve unpaid fees from clients and the provincial government’s failure to address backlogs in that system.
http://www.lawtimesnews.com/20