A new Toronto police campaign aimed at increasing road safety is “disproportionate, and can only be seen as victim-blaming,” Toronto critical injury lawyer and road safety activist Patrick Brown tells the Toronto Star. The police initiative — “Road Safety … It Starts With You” — was coincidentally launched during a spike in traffic deaths. The Star reports that five pedestrians […]
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Toronto employment lawyer Stephen Moreau says a recent arbitration ruling provided a “significant win” for his client and sets in motion guidelines established by the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) on how to treat employees who are suffering from an addiction. Moreau, partner with Cavalluzzo LLP, represented a nurse at the arbitration hearing who was
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Ontario drivers could soon find themselves travelling next to a car with no one in the driver’s seat. The province’s Liberal government is proposing to change the rules of its 10-year automated vehicle pilot project to allow for driverless testing. Currently, the testing of fully autonomous vehicles is only allowed with a driver behind the
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In an attempt to rectify the growing issue of distracted driving, the province has pushed for stiffer fines for convicted drivers and will introduce an escalating penalty system which includes licence suspension, Toronto critical injury lawyer Salvatore Shaw says. He says with the advent of new technology, it is easy to see how people may become inattentive
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City planners should respond to unsafe cycle lanes by improving, not removing them, says Toronto critical injury lawyer and road safety activist Patrick Brown. In a recent Financial Post article, Lawrence Solomon, the executive director of the Urban Renaissance Institute, argues that cities should rip out their bike lanes, claiming that they bring a false sense of security
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Developing and presenting a successful case on behalf of a brain-injured child involves a series of intricate steps, including careful background research and compelling expert testimony, Toronto critical injury lawyer John McLeish writes in a paper presented at a recent Law Society of Upper Canada conference. “Many judges and the majority of jurors have little or no
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Toronto class-action lawyer Margaret Waddell of Waddell Phillips Professional Corporation and Landy Marr Kats LLP have launched a proposed $800-million class-action lawsuit against those alleged to be involved in a “sham” charitable donation scheme, says the National Post. The announcement, made via Canada Newswire, says the proposed lawsuit is against individuals and entities involved in the development, structuring, creation, promotion
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Although a recent Ontario Court of Appeal ruling resolved a narrow but important issue relating to termination clauses — by holding that a void/illegal termination clause cannot be saved by a general severability clause commonly found in contracts — it is also another example of a decision in an area of law fraught with uncertainty,
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Government MPPs put politics before road safety by voting down amendments to a bill at Queen’s Park, says Toronto critical injury lawyer and safety advocate Patrick Brown. NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo had asked members of the legislature’s Justice Policy committee to incorporate her own private member’s bill, the Protecting Vulnerable Road Users Act, into the road safety provisions
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Drivers who kill or injure pedestrians should not be able to rely on their own inattentiveness and distracted driving as a defence to criminal and provincial offences, Toronto critical injury lawyer and safety advocate Patrick Brown tells the Toronto Star. Brown, a partner with McLeish Orlando LLP,was commenting after a young driver asked a judge to direct an acquittal
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