Bafflegab

Long-time critic of Ontario auto insurers; their defence lawyers; and their hired gun medico-legal assessors. Also critical of plaintiff bar lethargy.

[Naheed Dosani @NaheedD]

So let me get this straight: Canada’s largest corporations made record profits last year & avoided paying $30,000,000,000 in taxes but we've got People with Disabilities pursuing Medical Assistance in Dying because they can't access home care?

Where are our priorities?

[Bafflegab @Bafflegab1]

[12] Mr. Hobson ... made serious efforts to settle this case, none of which were reciprocated. The defendants’ conduct in rejecting these very generous offers & giving none of their own itself merits an award of substantial indemnity costs against the ...
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[Bafflegab @Bafflegab1]

In 2019, it took a case in Toronto an average of 5 years and 9 months to reach trial, and for personal injury matters and other cases that are not case-managed, that timespan is even longer.
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[Bafflegab @Bafflegab1]

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[Bafflegab @Bafflegab1]

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[David Sterns @david_sterns]

Chief Justice Morawetz’s ambitious plans to transform the civil justice system begin at 46:00 and are well worth listening to. Here’s hoping that this will usher in a modern era of civil litigation in Ontario https://t.co/27q7G2hEQe

[Bafflegab @Bafflegab1]

The court was explicit in stating that the principle itself is clear and not optional, nor is it a matter of discretion. Upon entering a settlement agreement, parties are required to immediately inform all other parties of the proceeding as well as the court.

[Bafflegab @Bafflegab1]

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[Dan Rosman @danrosman]

Justice Morawetz says we will get a complete re-write of the Rules of Civil Procedure in the next 3 years. #law #ontlaw

[Michael Lesage @michaelsfirm]

"The current situation (at the @SCJOntario_en) cannot continue. If the timeline between the commencement of a civil matter and the trial is 4 to 5 years, the civil justice system is simply not responding to the litigants." Chief Justice Morawetz, Oct. 3, 2022.

[Justin Jakubiak @carlawyercanada]

So A2J and legal system efficiencies are clearly issues that all justice participants appear to agree on… over to you @LawSocietyLSO, @SCJOntario_en, @CPC_HQ, @liberal_party, etc. … invest in efficiency please.

[Bafflegab @Bafflegab1]

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[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

i cannot believe this needs to be said but the trucker convoy is not the same as the women and everyone risking their lives in Iran for freedom and self-determination.

[Chirine Haddad⚖️📖 @chirine_haddad]

"The issue..is whether there was a settlement of this matter on a without cost basis,or whether the moving parties’use of the phrase provided that Ms. Bouzanis executes a full and final release in LawPRO’s form” constituted a new term" &was a counteroffer. https://t.co/ZO4QsUaeQ8

[Bafflegab @Bafflegab1]

How Brian Freeman came to spend a week-in-jail-man after a lab housed in a new state-of the art-building mistook 'Tums' for cocaine - and why there are concerns that rather than being an isolated error, it could be the tip-of-the-iceberg.
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[Bafflegab @Bafflegab1]

She asserted that the sole focus on appellate review is whether the award is “shockingly unreasonable” that no jury acting judicially could have made it based on the evidence at trial.

[Bafflegab @Bafflegab1]

Elliott argued that comparing a non-pecuniary damage jury award to judge-alone awards was logically unsound and entirely unhelpful.
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[Bafflegab @Bafflegab1]

Key Takeaways

Arbitrator Knopf's decision in Rayonier that an age 65 limitation on LTD coverage under the applicable CBA can be considered justifiable and reasonable and therefore saved by section 1 of the Charter will be of some comfort to employers
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