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New Watermark for Loss of Care, Guidance, and C...

28 Jul 2021
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Written By: Patrick Brown and Daniel Garas, Summer Student In the recent decision of Moore v 7595611[1], the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld an award of $250,000 for loss of care, guidance, and companionship – a new watermark for damages of this kind. PREVIOUS WATERMARK The previous high-end for this head of damages was $100,000, established in To v. Toronto...

Uribe v Tsandelis, 2021 ONCA 277

30 Jun 2021
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Written By: Brandon Pedersen and Sonam Sapra, Summer Student Uribe v Tsandelis, 2021 ONCA 277 is an Ontario Court of Appeal decision that arose out of a motion brought by...

The Jury’s Out: De Dieu v. Taylor, 2021 ONSC 3654

25 May 2021
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Written By: Lindsay Charles and Brandon Pedersen, Student-at-Law De Dieu v. Taylor, 2021 ONSC 3654 is a Brampton decision arising out of a May 2021 motion to strike the jury...

Bullock and Sanderson Orders: Costs When a Plai...

5 Apr 2021
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Written By: Dale Orlando and Brandon Pedersen, Student-at-Law Cost Consequences at Trial – Who Gets What? In litigation involving one plaintiff and one defendant, the successful party at trial is...

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The Jury’s Out: Another Jury Conditionall...

26 Mar 2021
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Written By: Lindsay Charles and Brandon Pedersen, Student-at-Law The Superior Court of Justice released another decision earlier this month where the jury notice was conditionally struck. Background This motion was...

The Role of Youth Records in Civil Litigation

12 Mar 2021
Time to Read: 5 minutes

Written By: Lindsay Charles and Endrita Isaj, Student-at-Law Motions brought under rule 30.10 of the Rules of Civil Procedure involve the production of documents by non-parties in civil actions in...

A Primer on Long Term Disability Claims—Three I...

4 Mar 2021
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Written By: Lindsay Charles and Ryan Marinacci, Student-at-Law Denials of long-term disability benefits are an important area of personal injury law. When reading a long term disability insurance policy, it...

The Jury’s Out: Another Jury Struck ̵...

25 Feb 2021
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Written By: Lindsay Charles and Endrita Isaj, Student-at-Law In the latest string of decisions from the court to strike a jury notice, Sanfilippo J. granted the Plaintiff’s motion to strike...

Court Approval of Settlement Funds for Minors –...

10 Feb 2021
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Written By: Michael Warfe and Brandon Pedersen, Student-at-Law Court Approval of Settlement Under Rule 7.08 of the Rules of Civil Procedure, no settlement of a claim made by or against...

Changes to the Rules of Civil Procedure for 2021

1 Jan 2021
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Written By: Joseph A. Cescon and Brandon Pedersen, Student-at-Law On January 1, 2021, significant changes to the Rules of Civil Procedure will take effect, making permanent many of the temporary...

The operational-policy decision defence does no...

23 Nov 2020
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Written By: Nick Todorovic and Ryan Marinacci, Student-at-Law Toronto’s first winter blast this year is a reminder that slip and falls on icy sidewalks are an unfortunate reality for many...

The Importance of Proper Disclosure and the Con...

11 Sep 2020
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Written By: Salvatore Shaw and Brandon Pedersen, Student-at-Law Documentary disclosure Rule 30 of the Rules of Civil Procedure sets out the basic obligation on a party to disclose all documents...

A Phased Approach to Normalcy: Resuming In-Cour...

26 Jun 2020
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Written by: Lindsay Charles and Lori Khaouli, Summer Student The June 25th, 2020 Notice to the Profession (“Notice”)[1] addressed Litigants, Accused, Media and Members of the Public to provide an...

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