This growing National Database contains the names of dozens of lawyers (as well as paralegals, and other professionals offering therapeutic support and assistance) who are willing to offer SRLs affordable assistance, primarily in the form of unbundled legal or limited scope services.
http://representingyourselfcan ada.com/database/?platform=hoo tsuite
Ontario’s justice system faces two major challenges. Perceptually, it is seen as unfair, inaccessible, and intimidating to most of the province’s residents. Only a slight majority report having a great deal or some confidence in the system and four in ten disagree that everyone in the province, regardless of their race, gender, age, or income have fair and equal access to the system.
https://theactiongroup.ca/wp- content/uploads/2015/08/ Abacus_TAG_Release_Oct14.pdf
The research team followed more than 100 children aged between two and 10 who had been involved in a road accident – such as being involved in a car crash, being hit as a pedestrian, or knocked off their bike. All had been taken to A&E with varying injuries – including bruising, fracture or losing consciousness.
http://www.psypost.org/2016/11 /parents-dont-notice-young-chi ldrens-ptsd-may-need-support- 45870
The way your insurance premiums are calculated could be in for a massive overhaul that relies on big brother technology.
http://www.ilstv.com/smart-tec hnology-set-change-insurance- industry/
One of Canada’s largest insurance companies has done an about face and offered payment to the mother of a girl who lost eyesight after a serious soccer accident.
Nancy Desrosiers was featured in a CBC Go Public story yesterday, after Industrial Alliance insurance refused to honour an accident insurance policy that would have awarded a $50,000 payout.
The Ministry of Attorney General has announced changes to court fees effective November 6, 2016, thanks to a number of regulations which have been amended under the Administration of Justice Act. The changes apply to cases in the Superior Court of Justice and the Small Claims Court. Matters affected include civil litigation, estates, construction liens, sheriff’s fees, and repair and storage liens. Most fees have been increased across the board, including issuing and filing claims and defences, filing motions, and trial records.
http://avoidaclaim.com/2016/on tario-court-fees-changes-in-ef fect-november-6-2016/
http://avoidaclaim.com/wp- content/uploads/2016/11/ 20161107100244166.pdf
In Aviva Insurance Company of Canada v. Frank McKeown (2016), Aviva brought an application to determine whether an insurer is obligated to state their reason for an examination under oath (EUO) in order to compel a person claiming statutory accident benefits (SABS) to attend an EUO, if requested by their insurer, pursuant to subsection 33 (2) of the SABS. Aviva was seeking a legal order to compel the named respondents to attend their respective EUOs.