by Dan van der Burg | Apr 9, 2026
UPDATE (April 24, 2026)The Supreme Court of Canada has now released its decision in Riddle v. Ivari, dismissing the appeal and effectively affirming the approach taken by the Quebec Court of Appeal.That outcome matters.It confirms that a declaration of death is not a...
by Dan van der Burg | Apr 5, 2026
(UPDATED from my blog originally published on Substack October 14, 2025)Ontario is shifting toward a more choice-driven accident-benefits landscape, driven by ongoing reforms to the statutory accident benefits regime that increasingly prioritize consumer election over...
by Dan van der Burg | Apr 1, 2026
A Personal Starting Point: Being Sued as a LawyerOver the course of a long career in personal injury litigation, I have been sued more than once, including one time up to the end of a full-blown trial, and as a result, I certainly know about that on which I am about...
by Dan van der Burg | Mar 28, 2026
The Overlooked BattlegroundEmployment disputes are rarely just about employment law anymore. Beneath almost every serious claim for wrongful dismissal, harassment, defamation, or reprisal sits a second, quieter fight: who is going to pay to defend it?That fight is not...
by Dan van der Burg | Mar 24, 2026
The Document as the Spine of PersuasionChapter 11 of Litigation and Administrative Advocacy: The Art and Science of Persuasion[1] by Justice Todd Archibald and Bryan Birtles, titled “The Persuasive Value of Documentary Evidence in an Ever Evolving Digital Time”,...
by Dan van der Burg | Mar 22, 2026
The Conversation We’re All Starting to HearIt’s becoming harder to ignore.Everywhere I turn, there is talk about artificial intelligence, how it will reshape professions, replace functions, and fundamentally change how work gets done. The legal world is not immune to...
