BLOG SERIES: Special Considerations In… Motorcycle Accidents
Motorcycle cases are not just car cases with fewer wheels. The physics are different, the injuries are different, the...
Review: Looking Into an Advocacy Mirror: The Parallels Between Tribunals and Courts
Chapter 7 of Justice Todd L. Archibald’s book “Litigation and Administrative Advocacy: The Art and Science of...
Collateral Benefits Deductibility: The Hidden Math of Compensation
I see the issue of collateral benefits entitlement and deductibility in almost every mediation we handle these days....
The Subrogation Maze: Who Recovers What, When and How in Ontario Auto Claims
In my early years of practice as defence counsel, I was a designated hitter for subrogation opinions in loss transfer...
Ready, Set, Go: A Limitations Playbook for Car Accidents
Over the years, I’ve seen it from both sides and the middle of the table, as counsel and now as mediator. It’s the...
The $200K Balancing Act: A Primer in Simplified Procedure
The History of Simplified Procedure in Ontario The concept of the simplified-procedure track under Rule 76 of the...
Courtroom Gamble: Is a Jury Worth the Risk in Personal Injury Claims?
This blog is a complement to a Substack I wrote last summer “The Jury’s Still In: But for How Long in Ontario?” [1] . ...
Defending a Reasonable Decision to Wait: When an Executor Holds Real Property for a Better Market
Introduction: The real question in these fights Beneficiaries often want distribution now. A prudent estate trustee...
Review: The Reliable Narrator: Advocating with Persuasive Authority
As anyone who reads my posts on LinkedIN[1] and my Substack newsletter Dispatches From the Middle[2] knows, I have in...
Causation in Personal Injury: Legal Limits on Linking Accident to Injury
Why Causation is the Fight You Can’t Avoid In virtually every serious personal-injury mediation we do, causation sits...
Who Guards the Estate? When Courts Step In and Appoint an ETDL
The appointment of an Estate Trustee During Litigation (ETDL) is the Court’s way of stabilizing an estate while the...
Proving the Negative: Uninsured, Underinsured & Unidentified Motorist Coverage (Part II)
Part II — Underinsured Motorist Coverage (OPCF 44R) Introduction Uninsured motorist coverage is statutory....
LOCA Motive Express: Proving Loss of Competitive Advantage After a Car Crash
What “LOCA” Actually Compensates and What It Doesn’t In the aftermath of a motor vehicle collision, victims often...
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...