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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In my previous post, I talked about why your personal injury lawyer might be advocating an out of Court settlement rather than risking the uncertainty of a jury trial.
But there is another reason why personal injury lawyers tend to avoid jury trials: The way the Courts define ‘winning’ and ‘losing’.
http://derekwilsonlaw.ca/what-
Ontario lawyers are currently being asked to share their opinions on alternative business structures in the province. If accepted, this would mean the delivery of legal services through civil society organizations to facilitate access to justice.
http://www.lawtimesnews.com/au
INSURED LACKED CAPACITY- insured lacked capcity during the cooling off period; insured likely lacked capacity when signing settlement offer; neither inusrer nor lawyer were aware of metal decline; SABs is not like contract law. SABs are meant to be consumer protection legislation and contract should be disolved.
https://www.deutschmannlaw.com
In 2002, the Law Society of Upper Canada amended its Rules of Professional Conduct to allow lawyers to pay referral fees to other lawyers. The rationale was that referral fees would encourage lawyers to refer work to lawyers better able to serve a client’s interests, reducing the likelihood that the lawyer would accept a retainer to act on a matter that may be beyond his or her ability. Ultimately, it would be a “win-win-win”: the referring lawyer would receive a payment, the referee lawyer would obtain a new client, and the client would be served by a lawyer well-qualified to act.
High-profile personal injury lawyer Jeremy Diamond is facing a reprimand from the Law Society of Upper Canada and has been ordered to pay $25,000 in costs to the legal regulator for failing to co-operate fully with its investigation into his financial books.