The biggest challenge of a Plaintiff Personal Injury Lawyer is not only trying to convey the injured accident victim’s case, but also trying to keep the jury engaged. The more engaged the jury, the greater chance that your theory of the case is sinking in.
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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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Meehan v. Good, 2017 ONCA 103 (CanLII)
[5] To determine whether a lawyer owes a duty of care to a client or non-client requires the court to examine all of the surrounding circumstances that define the relationship between the lawyer and the person to whom the duty of care may be owed. Defining the scope of the lawyer’s retainer is an essential element of this analysis: Broesky v. Lüst, 2011 ONSC 167 (CanLII), 330 D.L.R. (4th) 259, at para. 69; aff’d, 2012 ONCA 701 (CanLII), 356 D.L.R. (4th) 55. However, it is not the end of the analysis where, as here, it is alleged that the lawyer’s duty of care arises out of and extends beyond the retainer. Where such an allegation is made, the court must meticulously examine all of the relevant surrounding circumstances, including but not limited to, the form and nature of the client’s instructions and the sophistication of the client, to determine whether a duty is owed beyond the four corners of the retainer: Connerty v. Coles, 2012 ONSC 2787 (CanLII), at paras. 12 to 15; Moon v. Chetti, 2007 CarswellOnt 2312, at para. 14.
Considerations Under Contingency Fees: What to Take on and When
Contingency fee agreements are one of the main factors that make personal injury lawyers such a unique sort of professional. Perhaps it is the fact that all of us operate within the same specialized world that obscures how atypical our business model is compared to other professionals. Accountants, architects, doctors and even the vast majority of lawyers simply don’t operate on the premise that they will get paid only if the outcome of their services is ultimately successful to the client.
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Double-dipping lawyers taking big slice of injury settlements
It’s an open secret among Ontario’s personal injury lawyers.
For years, lawyers working on contingency for accident victims — “you don’t pay unless we win” — have been taking more money from injured clients than the law allows.
Do lawyers use ‘hired guns’ in family law?
While in some areas of law, such as personal injury law, experts often work for either injured plaintiffs or insurance companies — getting the reputation as “hired guns” — that really isn’t the case in family law, says Feldstein, principal of Feldstein Family Law Group.