by Mackesy Smye | Apr 29, 2013 | Publications
Claims of Privilege Particularly with the advent of no-fault insurance schemes, more and more people are finding themselves embroiled in litigation with their insurance companies. Whether an insured is bringing an action against their insurer for failing to pay...
by Mackesy Smye | Apr 29, 2013 | Publications
Catastrophic Impairment The loss of the interdependent relationship can best be described as the loss of opportunity to form a permanent interdependent relationship with another individual whether that be through marriage or common law co-habitation. The main...
by Mackesy Smye | Apr 29, 2013 | Publications
Allowable Investments The investments a trustee can make are governed by sections 27-31 of the Trustee Act. The general rule pertaining to a Trustee’s power of investment is that a trust instrument can define the Trustee’s powers of investment. Trustees are bound by...
by Mackesy Smye | Apr 29, 2013 | General Personal Injury
Innovative Techniques for the Fatality Trial The fatality trial presents special challenges to Plaintiffs’ counsel to overcome our judiciary’s conservatism in awarding damages in wrongful death cases. Perhaps fearful that awards would significantly increase as they...
by Mackesy Smye | Apr 14, 2013 | Publications
Playgrounds and Structures According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information, across Ontario in 2002-2003 there were 8,698 Emergency Room visits due to playground related injuries. Of those injuries, 590 resulted in a hospital stay of at least one night. The...
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