Personal Injury
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February 20, 2025
‘No basis’ for Ontario man’s negligence claim against police services board: Court of Appeal
Ontario’s top court has given clarity to what must be pleaded to advance a negligence action against a police chief and police services board.
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February 20, 2025
Hosel rockets: What are the odds? | Michael Cochrane
It’s a common reaction to something in the news, a bizarre incident occurs, (Plane catches fire, flips over while landing at airport! Everyone lives!), and someone says “Wow, what are the odds?”
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February 19, 2025
Accidental deaths have soared in past two decades, Statistics Canada reports
The number of accidental deaths in Canada more than doubled between 2000 and 2023, increasing 139 per cent to reach 8,631, according to Statistics Canada.
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February 19, 2025
B.C. Court of Appeal: Province not immune from road injury claims on forest service roads
The B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled that the province of British Columbia does not have immunity from claims arising from injuries on forest service roads, overturning a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a motorcyclist.
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February 19, 2025
Anti-profit views unhelpful to Charter case against long-term care law | Heather Campbell Pope
When I was a young girl in the early ’90s, I would help my father deliver bottled water throughout southern Ontario. Some days we would go to downtown Toronto, where we brought spring water to the backstages of the city’s storied theatres, hydrating the performers and crews. Other times we delivered to airlines and the homes of famous athletes.
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February 14, 2025
Hosel rockets: Time to drop the glove(s)? | Michael Cochrane
It had been a particularly hot and humid day for a round of golf, downright sticky and nothing was going right. This was not what I had imagined as I drove to the course that morning. Nor was it the breakthrough round I sensed was imminent as I warmed up on the range. No, after several holes too many bunkers had been excavated, my ball retriever was working overtime searching murky ponds and a sleeve of expensive new balls had disappeared after a mere one stroke each. And then there was the slow play. Our group was actively grousing about the delays. (“The front nine shouldn’t take three hours. Where’s the marshal?”)
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February 14, 2025
Assessing future income loss claims for minors
A future income loss claim refers to the compensation for earnings that a plaintiff would have made but now will no longer make due to injuries sustained. To be awarded damages, a plaintiff must demonstrate a reasonable and substantial risk of future income loss.
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February 14, 2025
CIVIL PROCEDURE - Disposition without trial - Dismissal of action - Delay or failure to prosecute
Appeal by Tataryn and Rajan, appellants, from dismissal of their action due to delay. They argued that the motion judge erred in concluding that they failed to comply with s. 29.1(1) of Class Proceeding Act (“CPA”).
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February 13, 2025
CBA urges new funding as Federal Court’s massive budget shortfall threatens drastic service cuts
The Liberal government’s underfunding of the Federal Court could “drastically” reduce service to litigants, its chief justice warns, spurring the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) to call for urgent “off-cycle” federal funding to address the national trial court’s chronic multi-million-dollar budgetary shortfalls.
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February 13, 2025
Law in the age of social media
The rise of social media has significantly impacted personal injury law, particularly in how courts handle surveillance and disclosure in civil litigation. As platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn have become integral parts of daily life, they now play a pivotal role in shaping legal proceedings.