At Trial, anything can happen. That includes losing your lawsuit. In this case, losing at Trial means that the husband/wife Plaintiffs are required to pay $100,000 to the Defendant: McNamee v. Oickle, 2020 ONSC 5078 (CanLII). My Canlii commentary on this Costs
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There are a number of class actions already started, In Canada and elsewhere, for denial by insurers of Covid-19 claims for business interruption insurance loss. Newly issued, the Central Bank of Ireland issued a document, “Covid-19 and Business Interruption Insurance – Supervisory
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From today’s Toronto Star about the City’s new photo-radar program: Toronto’s newphoto-radar program nabbed more than 22,000 speeders in its first month of operation, with thousands of repeat offenders netting more than one ticket. This is the City’s website, “Automated Speed Enforcement”,
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The Court which handles traffic ticket offences has come out with a comprehensive new update: COVID-19: Notice to Counsel/Paralegals and the Public Re: Provincial Offences Act Matters in the Ontario Court of Justice (September 2, 2020) Some of the important details include:
My recent Canlii.org commentary on the Ontario Superior Court of Justice case of Lamb v. Co-operators General Insurance Co., 2020 ONSC 4955 (CanLII), entitled: No Hit-and-Run Insurance for You…Failing to Photograph the Car Who Hit You!
My latest Canlii commentary here: Chase v. Chase, 2020 ONSC 5083 (CanLII) Topical, given the current mood. There have been a spate of cases about access, etc, since March/2020 when the pandemic gripped Ontario. This Chase case and another, by Boucher, J.
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This is the new Rule 4.05.2 which is using the CaseLines technology previously discussed. You use this to file motion materials. To start a lawsuit online, refer back here. You can find Rule 4.05.2 of the Rules of Civil Procedure here. The
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As an update to Ontario’s new, dramatic push to get civil lawsuits online and easier to access, the new Rule 4.05.1 is below. It explains which documents can be filed through the new “Civil Claims Online Portal”. CIVIL CLAIMS ONLINE PORTAL 4.05.1 (1) In
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Non-pecuniary claim was dismissed. My latest case commentary, found on Canlii, on the Noori v. Liu case: Threshold Motion: Pedestrian Was 8 Months Pregnant (non-pec claim dismissed)
. An update to both major Ontario Court online / e-filing initiatives: The pleadings portal (called Civil Claims Online); You need a “one key account“; You can file various documents, including a Statement of Claim, Statement of Defence, Jury Notice and the
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