The other day a client came into my office after being in a car accident. She wasn’t sure if we could help her because she thought that we only take on big cases, not small ones. I was surprised to hear this because it’s simply not true. We take on both big and small cases. …
A (now former) Uber driver is pursuing legal action after both his insurance company and Uber have abandoned him following a car crash while delivering a passenger. Click to read entire article.
Mr. Ramono is an automobile mechanic in Ontario. In the summer of 2012 he certified a 17 year old truck as safe to drive on the road so that the truck’s ownership could be transferred. This happens every day in Ontario. It is routine – the vehicle is inspected and repaired if necessary.
Robin Camp has found himself in a spot of trouble. The Albertan judge’s own Court of appeal found that he made inappropriate comments revealing a misunderstanding of Canadian sexual consent law. This happened when Camp was a provincial Court Judge ruling on a criminal trial. The long and short of it is that Justice Camp basically blamed the victim.
The holidays are a time to relax with family and friends, though it often brings overeating and overdrinking. The police and their RIDE program patrol the roads, but they can’t catch everybody. There are accidents, sometimes deadly, when someone gets behind the wheel intoxicated. There are also accidents when pedestrians attempt to walk the road while drunk. Who’s responsible when something happens?
Today’s world is dominated by computers and the internet. Many of us shop, bank, and interact socially on the internet. Our governments and courts are also on the internet, and recently the Supreme Court changed how they appear online.
In Canada, laws are often different between provinces. Speed limits, drinking ages, and even car accident laws change from one province to the next. It gets a little complicated though when drivers from different provinces collide.