Papers & Guides

You receive a new file and your client may have a head injury. Family members are stating that the injured person is “forgetful”, “not themselves”, keeps losing their train of thought”, “can’t remembe...

How many plaintiffs’ lawyers have been faced with this situation? A potential client comes in to see you. She tells you how she was returning home from work after working the midnight shift at a local...

With the introduction of the “catastrophic impairment” under Bill 59 and Bill 198, further common acronyms for consideration are CAT (short form for catastrophic), CAT DAC (catastrophic determination ...

This paper is not meant to be an academic treatise, but rather a practical guide for litigators who may be considering devoting a larger part of their practices to long-term disability litigation. For...

We are in the middle of a fundamental shift with respect to the treatment of Human Rights Complaints in the Province of Ontario.

Canadians are privileged to live in a country with one of the best health care programs in the world. We have highly-trained doctors, modern hospitals, and cutting-edge diagnostic tools. However, for ...

This guide is intended to provide an overview of how improvident settlement was defined in the past in the context of accident benefits, and how bad faith settlement is being defined currently.

There is a general feeling amongst Canadians that there is value in purchasing the “peace of mind” that comes from having protection to cover the negative economic consequences of accident or illness.

A brief visit to the Insurance Bureau of Canada website reveals a world fraught with danger, and a country being entirely overtaken by rampant insurance fraud.

As cases continue to become more challenging in traditional personal injury areas such as motor vehicle litigation, it is not surprising that increasing numbers of lawyers are turning their attention ...

Bad faith damages continue to struggle to gain a foothold in Canadian courtrooms. Due largely to the groundbreaking decision of Whiten v. Pilot, victims of insurance companies that unreasonably withho...