Publications

Blaney McMurtry LLP, Donati Maisonneuve, Kelly Santini LLP, Ontario, Quebec, May 17, 2019 – Click here to watch the webinar recording. Click below to download the slides. Litigation Process in Ontario & Quebec Ontario’s Common Law and Quebec’s Civil Law have significant differences in how claims make their way through the court system. In Part I of our ‘Boot Camp’ webinar series, we will cover the litigation process in...

Kelly Santini LLP, Ontario, January 21, 2019 – In the province of Ontario, anyone injured in an automobile accident has two avenues for compensation: they can sue the “at-fault” driver in a civil tort action, or they can apply for Statutory Accident Benefits (“SABs”), which are the mandatory automobile insurance “no fault” benefits. While these two forms of compensation are independent of one...

Kelly Santini LLP, Ontario, January 21, 2019 – Kelly Santini’s Shawn O’Connor brought a successful motion before the Ontario Superior Court to have a claim against a leasing company dismissed by summary judgment.  The plaintiff brought the claim after he was injured by a snapped cable on the used tow truck that he financed through a lease. Read More

Kelly Santini LLP, Ontario, November 26, 2018 – In Leigh v Clement, 2018 ONSC 4508 [Leigh] Justice Cornell reviewed under what circumstances an owner of a vehicle can be vicariously liable for an accident involving their vehicle under s. 192(2) of the Highway Traffic Act. In this case the driver who struck the plaintiff’s vehicle had taken his mother’s vehicle without her knowledge or consent. The mother...