Duncan Macgillivray Lawyer of the Year
Founding Partner Duncan Macgillivray was recently named Lawyer of the Year for Personal Injury Litigation in Greater Ontario by Best Lawyers!! Best Lawyers uses a peer review process (… asking other lawyers) to make their selections. Lawyer of the Year “is awarded to individual lawyers with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area ...
Everything You’ve Wanted to Know About Surveillance
This blog post was written by our placement student Rob Stefanelli (with some edits by Duncan Macgillivray). CAN AN INSURANCE COMPANY CONDUCT SURVEILLANCE OF ME AND MY FAMILY? Yes (… unfortunately). When you are injured and make a representation to your insurer or the at-fault driver’s insurer about the extent of your injuries, the insurance company ...
Mental Health After Injury
This blog post is adapted from a Free Legal Information Friday from January 29, 2021. You can watch the video version HERE. Picture this: You’ve been in a car crash. You’re hurt. Your body is in pain. You can’t go back to work. Bills are piling up. You’re healing, but, you’re not healing as fast ...
Rob’s Placement as an Agent of Good
This is a guest post from our placement student, Rob Stefanelli. He has been working at White Macgillivray Lester since January. He completes his placement this week and then will graduate law school. After that, he’ll be working for us for a couple of months before heading off to practice law in the big city ...
Abolish The Pain and Suffering Damages Cap
This blog post by Duncan Macgillivray was originally featured on the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association Blog on May 31, 2017. Back in 1978, the Supreme Court of Canada set an upper limit or “cap” on pain and suffering damages in Andrews v. Grand & Toy Alberta Ltd. J.A. Andrews was only 21 when he was rendered quadriplegic from a ...