Buying Time: Extending, Substituting, and Validating Service in Ontario
Few things make people more evasive than being sued. I’ve seen defendants ignore door knocks, move without leaving a...
Proving the Negative: Uninsured, Underinsured & Unidentified Motorist Coverage
Part I — Uninsured Motorist Coverage This first instalment in my blog series “Proving the Negative: Uninsured,...
Life Interrupted: Understanding Family Law Act Damages in Ontario
This piece is a complement to my blog from last summer “Breaking the Ceiling? The High-Water Mark for Pain and...
Review: Always Be Closing: “The Closing Address: The Opening Chapter in Trial Preparation”
There is a quiet irony at the heart of litigation that surfaces immediately in Chapter 5 of Litigation and...
When Liability is a Moving Target: Mediating Multi-Party Slip-and-Fall Claims
This blog syncs with one I wrote last summer, ‘The Winter Maintenance Puzzle: Recent Decisions on Municipal and...
Sidewalk Roulette: The Legal Fallout of E-Scooter Use
While walking my dog Marty this morning, I stepped off the sidewalk in front of my condo and nearly got taken out by a...
Entering the Portal: Ontario’s Digital Court Transformation Begins
Ontario reached a milestone on October 14, 2025 with the Toronto-region launch of the Ontario Courts Public Portal...
Cat and Mouse: Surveillance, Surprise, and the Ethics of Withholding Evidence
Last summer, I wrote a piece titled “No Soup for You: When Surveillance Destroys Subjective Injury Claims”[1], sparked...
Brokers’ Liability in Ontario: A Roadmap in an Era of Optionality
Ontario is shifting toward a more choice-driven accident-benefits landscape. With greater optionality comes a higher...
Threshold Reports in Ontario Motor-Vehicle Litigation: What They Are, Why They Matter, and How to Do Them Right
What the “Threshold” Actually Is Ontario’s tort system bars non-pecuniary damages (and FLA non-pecuniary claims)...
Taking the Hint: What the New Rules Could Learn from Mediation Culture
Why This Piece, and Why Now Ontario is entering a consequential phase of civil-justice reform, and the usual...
Review: Incorporating Insights from Experimental Psychology and Behavioural Economics into ADR Practices: A Mediator’s Take
Introduction: From Lincoln to Kahneman Chapter 4 of Justice Todd Archibald’s book Litigation and Administrative...
Loss of Income Reports in Ontario: An Objective Playbook for Counsel
Why These Reports Matter Courts and juries need a trustworthy bridge between messy earnings histories and compensable...
Housekeeping Claims in Ontario: Tort, SABS, and What Changes on July 1, 2026
What “Housekeeping” Actually Means Housekeeping and home-maintenance losses cover the practical ability to clean,...
55% Whole Person Impairment: Proving CAT at the LAT
Introduction This post closes the loop on the trilogy of LAT battlegrounds I discussed earlier this summer in my blog...
A Best Interests Playbook: Obtaining Court Approval for Minors & Persons Under Disability
In practice, I represented many minors or people under disability. All required motions for Court approval for...
Review: Impeachment in an Era of “Fake News”: A Principled Approach
Introduction I was compelled this week to skip ahead to review Chapter 10 of Justice Todd Archibald’s book Litigation...
Word on the Street, The Sequel: Main Street’s Take on Ontario’s Civil Justice Overhaul
This blog is a complement and update on the Substack I wrote earlier this summer “Word on the Street: Bay Street’s...
Not for Collateral Use: Insurers’ Duty of Confidentiality in AB and Tort
In practice, clients routinely balked when I slid across broad record authorizations, for records such as tax returns,...
The 2026 SABS Pivot: What Ontario’s “No-Fault” Overhaul Means for Personal Injury Practice
Much has been made about the fact that the Rules of Civil Procedure[1] are about to be amended to overhaul the tort...