Accidents happen, which is why it makes sense to have insurance to protect your financial well-being. Long-term disability (LTD) insurance provides financial assistance if you are unable to work due to an illness or injury. While many people are familiar with the concept of an LTD policy, there are many moving parts. That is why […]
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By Paul Russell, LegalMatters Staff • With more than 35 years of litigation and mediation experience between them, Avril Hasselfield and Susan Rai know how effective mediation is in solving disputes. Almost two years ago they joined forces and launched Results Mediators, primarily focused on disability disputes. “We’re industry veterans and are known by many
Experience allows Results Mediators to live up to its name Read More »
By LegalMatters Staff • Once someone is held in custody after their arrest, they are legally entitled to a bail hearing within 24 hours or as soon as a justice is available. Unless the court decides they should be detained – because their release would endanger the safety of others or that there is a
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By Paul Russell, LegalMatters Staff • A crucial part of any personal injury lawsuit is determining the amount, or quantum, of damages, says Ontario personal injury lawyer Joshua Goldberg. “The circumstances of cases are never identical, although similarities can be found in particular types of injuries,” says Goldberg, principal of Joshua Goldberg Law. “When I
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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • Insurance providers should be taking a more individualized approach to assessing invisible injury disability claims in order “to fulfill their duty of good faith,” says Ontario disability insurance lawyer Courtney Mulqueen. “The expectation is that with proper treatment a person who has suffered an injury or illness is likely
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By LegalMatters Staff • Offending others with crude hand gestures may not be polite but it does not rise to the level of criminal behaviour, a judge in Montreal recently ruled. The case involved neighbours who lived on a small street in Beaconsfield, Que. According to the judgment, police charged a 45-year-old with criminal harassment
It is a ‘God-given’ right to flip the bird at someone, judge rules Read More »
By LegalMatters Staff • Texting is one of our primary and preferred methods of communication but like everything else, there is a time and a place for it. While the speed and convenience of a text is one of its biggest advantages, it can also present problems if you send messages when you are angry
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A recent Superior Court of Justice decision serves as a reminder that termination clauses that are not consistent the Employment Standards Act 2000 (ESA) will be found to be unenforceable by the court. When that happens, the clause effectively disappears. An employer that terminates an employee’s employment without a clause must provide prior reasonable notice
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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • The importance of the proper use of personal pronouns in the workplace cannot be understated and employers who ignore workers’ human rights do so at their own peril, says Toronto employment lawyer Ellen Low. Gender identity and expression were added as grounds of discrimination under Ontario’s Human Rights Code (HRC) in 2012,
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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • The Toronto Lawyers’ Association (TLA) is inviting members to have some fun this summer. “The TLA has three pillars, knowledge, advocacy and community,” says executive director/library director Joan Rataic-Lang. “After the reluctance to socialize due to the pandemic, I believe there is a need to enhance that feeling of community. We recently
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