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Ontario Superior Court grants extension for judicial review in …
WEB1 day ago · The case stemmed from a 2014 motor vehicle accident. BY Angelica Dino 23 Sep 2024. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice granted an insurer an extension of time to seek judicial review of a 2020 Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT) decision awarding income replacement benefits (IRBs) In 2014, Shelley Rumball was involved in …
Litigation firm Lenczner Slaght taps Osler partner as first chief ...
WEB1 day ago · BY Jessica Mach 23 Sep 2024. Lenczner Slaght has hired Gillian Scott as its first chief client officer and member of its management committee, the litigation firm announced Monday. Scott joins Lenczner Salght from Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, where she most recently served as a partner in innovative products and litigation operations.
New Ontario Court of Justice judges: Dana Haklander, Veronica …
WEBSep 16, 2024 · Justice Thomas was most recently a deputy Crown attorney at the York Region Crown Attorney's Office. Before that, she prosecuted cases in the Superior Court and the Ontario Court of Justice as an assistant Crown attorney in Kitchener, Etobicoke, and York Region from 2012–19.
Can a lawyer represent family members? | Law Times
WEB1 day ago · Refer the family member to a colleague. The lawyer who cannot represent their family member can refer them to a colleague. Referral policies of firms may also work out well in these situations (e.g., reduced billing rate for referrals). LSO’s Rules also say that conflict of interest doesn’t apply to the firm.
Ontario Superior Court awards over $1.1 million in costs and …
WEB6 days ago · Jury awards damages to motorcyclist for serious injuries in motor vehicle accident. BY Bernise Carolino 18 Sep 2024. The Superior Court of Justice of Ontario has awarded over $1.1 million in costs, pre-judgment interest, and post-judgment interest to the plaintiff in a motor vehicle accident case following a jury verdict. The case was Pye v.
Court overturns stay of charges; rules pandemic delays need broad ...
WEBJul 5, 2023 · In the R. v. Agpoon decision, the appeal court noted that the trial judge who stayed the charges should have considered the “entire time period” of 14 months (between March 17, 2020, when the pandemic was declared, and May 19, 2021, when the Crown decided to proceed with the case by direct indictment) as one “discrete exceptional circumstance” in calculating delays according to Jordan ...
Ontario family lawyers hold virtual press conference urging the …
WEBMay 11, 2022 · Ontario family lawyers held a virtual press conference on Tuesday to discuss the adverse effects of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice notice ordering the return to in-person court attendance for most proceedings.. In the conference hosted by Russell Alexander, senior partner and founder of Russell Alexander Collaborative Family Lawyers, the lawyers maintained that reverting to in-person ...
In vaccination-related family-law disputes, courts likely to …
WEBMay 26, 2021 · In family law disputes over the vaccination of children, caselaw suggests courts will follow government health recommendations on vaccine safety in determining the best interests of the child, says Kevin Caspersz, a …
Legal tech market rebounding after COVID-19 dip | Law Times
WEBSep 9, 2020 · Despite the initial COVID-19 slow-down in law firm expenditures on legal tech, the long-term impact of the pandemic will be an even greater acceleration of law firm technology adoption, says Stuart Barr, chief product and strategy officer at HighQ, part of Thomson Reuters. “Law firms are adopting technology in much smarter ways and using it ...