Publications

CBM LLP, Alberta, March 18, 2018 – This matter arises from a rear-end collision on May 30, 2014. The Plaintiff’s property claim was settled by the Defendant’s insurer and her personal injury claim was filed April 21, 2016.The claim was not served within one year of filing and there was no order to extend service prior to its expiry. The Plaintiff applied...

Blaney McMurtry LLP, Ontario, March 18, 2018 – Individuals of prominence and power across all industries and institutions have recently been thrust into the spotlight by claimants claiming to have been sexually abused. While the public nature and sheer number of allegations being brought today against movie directors, actors, sports doctors and politicians is perhaps a new phenomenon, sexual abuse litigation has been...

Donati Maisonneuve, Quebec, March 18, 2018 – Villeneuve v. SSQ Groupe financier, 2017 QCCQ 7893 Alexandre Villeneuve (“Villeneuve”) claimed $12,737.50 from his insurer, SSQ Groupe financier (“SSQ”) as reimbursement for dental treatments and damages. The Facts Villeneuve is a Promutuel employee. In that capacity, he is a member of an SSQ group insurance policy taken out by his employer. On March 26, 2014, Villeneuve was...

Fillmore Riley LLP, Manitoba, February 12, 2018 – Dewing v Kostiuk et al, 2017 MBCA 22 The number of self-represented litigants (“SRLs”) is on the rise across the country.  The National Self-Represented Litigants Project: Identifying and Meeting the Needs of Self-­Represented Litigants by Dr Julie Macfarlane published in 2013 indicated that SRLs already outnumber represented litigants in Ontario civil claims.  SRLs represented 21%...