Category: Motor Vehicle Collisions
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 ...
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 ...
Everyone Should Have $2M Automobile Liability Limits
This blog post by Duncan Macgillivray was originally featured on the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association Blog on September 5, 2018. Automobile liability insurance covers you if you are sued for injuries caused in an automobile accident. Your insurance company appoints a lawyer, defends you and pays out any damages (up to the liability limits). In ...
The Cruelest Personal Injury Law
This blog post by Duncan Macgillivray was originally featured on the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association Blog on November 2, 2018. There are a lot of cruel personal injury laws: caps on pain and suffering, secret deductibles, biased doctors, the list goes on. But, there is one that is the worst of them all: The cap ...