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March 15, 2013 – – Quinlan Brothers Limited v Coady, 2012 NLTD(G) 194 This case involved an application pursuant to Rule 20A, seeking an award of costs greater than the party and party costs awarded at trial on the basis that an Offer to Settle, in the amount of $5,000.00, had been made by defendants. The plaintiff, Quinlan Brothers’,...

February 20, 2013 – I. Introduction Businesspersons and other litigants exhaust time, money and human resources to establish their right to a sum of money by obtaining a judgment in court. Once a judgment is obtained, the party owed becomes the judgment creditor, the party owing becomes the judgment debtor and the amount owing becomes the judgment debt. Often,...

February 20, 2013 – Blaney McMurtry LLP lawyers Tim Alexander and Alva Orlando recently obtained the dismissal of a $150,000,000 claim brought by a Canadian gold mining company against a U.S. based engineering firm and its employees on the basis that the Ontario court lacked jurisdiction over the matter.  Read more.

January 09, 2013 – In the provinces whose auto insurance schemes include a no-fault, public component, there is often contention as to where liability for bodily injuries arising out of auto accidents and the ability to sue will ultimately lie. The provinces in question all have legislative schemes providing for insurance coverage to compensate for bodily injuries incurred as...