MANDEL: Outspoken judge dumps on judicial system
An outspoken Ontario Court judge known for his witty judgments has boldly taken on Canada’s highest court, saying even “extraterrestrials” wouldn’t understand the judicial mess left in the wake of its infamous 2016 Jordan ruling.
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The perversion of poverty in Ontario
I fit the ODSP definition of “disabled” and thus I get a monthly allowance, which is 40 per cent under the Low-Income Measure poverty line, about half the current Toronto average market rent for a one-bedroom. In real terms, I am poorer than ODSP recipients were in 1998.
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BC Court of Appeal Discusses When Special Costs Against Lawyers Personally Should be Ordered
In today’s case (Nuttall v. Krekovich) the Plaintiff was seriously injured in a hit and run accident. A lawsuit was started suing ICBC as a nominal defendant pursuant to s. 24 of the Insurance (Vehicle) Act. As the litigation progressed the Plaintiff’s lawyer came to believe that the Defendant may have been the driver and brought an application to add him to the lawsuit. Shortly after obtaining this order the lawyer realized he was mistaken and discontinued the lawsuit against the Defendant.