Confused about the new Rules for 2010? Ask us!
pmlaw’s Municipal Liability Group has prepared a quick presentation explaining what municipalities and their insurers should know about the changes to the Rules of Civil Procedure, effective January 1, 2010. For more information or to schedule a presentation, please contact Charles Painter.

Summary Judgment granted where failure to give notice under Municipal Act
Justice Frank of the Ontario Superior Court has recently awarded Summary Judgment under the new Rules in a case involving the Notice period in the Municipal Act, 2001. For a copy of the decision, please visit our Library.

Court of Appeal dismisses Third Party claim for contribution & indemnity
Susan Guzzo. has summarized a case from the Court of Appeal dismissing a third party claim for contribution and indemnity. For a copy of her summary, please visit our Library.

Deductibility of Collateral Benefits by Unprotected Defendants
Read about Charles Painter’s recent summary regarding the Deductibility of Collateral Benefits by Unprotected Defendants in our Library.

Louise’s Facebook paper updated

Louise Vrebosch has updated her Facebook paper. In it, she canvasses all reported decisions dealing with Facebook in Canada. Her original paper was recently cited by Debra Rolph, LawPRO’s director of research, in her article entitled “Litigation and Online Networking Sites”, available online by clicking here. For a copy of Louise’s updated paper, visit our Library, here.

Bruce named Best Lawyer’s 2010 Toronto Aviation Lawyer of the Year

Bruce MacDougall has been named the Best Lawyers’ 2010 Toronto Aviation Lawyer of the Year. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is being honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”

PRESS RELEASE


Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named D. Bruce MacDougall QC as the “Toronto Best Lawyers Aviation Lawyer of the Year” for 2010.After more than a quarter of a century in publication, Best Lawyers is designating “Lawyers of the Year” in high-profile legal specialties in large legal communities. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is being honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”

Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current edition of Best Lawyers is based on more than 2.8 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.
The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in our surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.

Steven Naifeh, Managing Editor of Best Lawyers, says, “We continue to believe – as we have believed for more than 25 years – that recognition by one’s peers is the most meaningful form of praise in the legal profession. We would like to congratulate D. Bruce MacDougall QC on being selected as the ‘Toronto Best Lawyers Aviation Lawyer of the Year’ for 2010.”

Susan, Clay, Anna and Louise get called to the bench…for U of T’s moot court

pmlaw’s Susan Guzzo, Clay Hunter, Anna Gatova and Louise Vrebosch have volunteered to participate as judges in this year’s University of Toronto moot court. A moot court is a mock trial wherein law students prepare a case and argue it before a panel of “judges”, played by members of the legal community.