Mediation is mandatory in any civil case commenced in Toronto, Ottawa or Windsor. There are mandatory mediation requirements under the Rules of Civil Procedure.
Ontario’s judicial integrity at risk with Doug Ford, Doug Downey scheme
Every politician dreams of leaving a lasting legacy. Ontario Attorney-General Ian Scott is one of the few to actually do so in an era where the role of the attorney general actually meant something more than being the premier’s lackey.
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Ontario’s judicial appointments must maintain political independence, says former AG Bryant
“Judicial appointments are not supposed to be democratic. They’re supposed to be independent of the other branches of the state,” says Bryant, now executive director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. “The system is made up of more than just a political branch. The whole point of having a judiciary is to hold [the premier] in check in the event that he does something that is tyrannical or oppressive.”
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Limitation Periods in LTD Cases: As Clear As Mud?
Earlier this year, the Divisional Court released its unanimous decision in Western Life Assurance Company v. Penttila, which determined that the limitation period in LTD cases does not start to run until the date upon which it is “legally appropriate to commence legal proceedings to seek payment of benefits that the insurer refused to pay”.
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Fatal crashes will rise by 21 per cent if province proceeds with highway speed limit increase: experts
Fatal car crashes would likely rise by around 20 per cent on 400-series highways if the provincial government moved forward with its plan to raise speed limits from 100 kilometres per hour to 110 kilometres per hour.
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Lorraine Explains: Flying wheels are negligence, not accidents
Will we ever get serious about the impact of vehicle owner negligence? A long weekend drive home from the cottage last May – a trip so many of us make, so many times – had tragic results for an Ontario man and his wife.
https://driving.ca/column/lorraine/lorraine-complains-we-need-to-taking-flying-wheels-more-seriously
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Disabled man waits months for insurance company to replace scooter
It took six months, several calls and emails from a lawyer, and a CBC inquiry for an insurance company to finally respond to a claim from a disabled Nova Scotia man to replace his scooter, his only means of independence and transportation.
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B.C. Attorney General won’t appeal court’s ruling on expert cap in motor vehicle accident cases
The B.C. government will not appeal a decision by the province’s Supreme Court which struck down changes to the rules of court which placed a limit on adversarial, expert witnesses in motor vehicle accident cases.
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Windy, humid weather can make chronic pain feel worse, study finds
It may not just be in your head — chronic pain could feel worse on windy, humid days, research suggests.
Published in October, researchers at the University of Manchester in the U.K., along with funding from Versus Arthritis, found people with long-term health conditions were 20 per cent more likely to feel pain on humid and windy days.
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‘Now I have a lovely Scottish brogue’ — The science behind foreign accent syndrome
Sharon Campbell-Rayment had a fall from a horse that knocked her out cold. Her recovery from that injury was complete with one small exception. For the past decade, ever since her accident, she’s spoken with a Scottish accent.
