Vancouver (City) v. Ward, 2010 SCC 27 July 26, 2010- On August 1, 2002, Prime Minister Chrétien participated in a ceremony to mark the opening of a gate at the entrance to Vancouver’s Chinatown. During the ceremony, the Vancouver Police Department received information that an unknown individual intended to throw a pie at the Prime…
July, 14th, 2010- As of July 1st, 2010 every personal injury claimant now has to state the legal basis of their claim in the Notice of Civil Claim filed in our Supreme Court. With the change in the Court Rules lawyers in British Columbia are grappling with what a concise summary of the legal basis on which…
July 28, 2011- New Civil Rules of Court came into effect July 1st, 2010 and court registries have set new protocols on how the Rules work for personal injury lawsuit. The court registry is now a little more predictable. For example, back in July, 2010 I went to obtain dates for trial and dates for a judge led conference…
December 5, 2013- This is only a problem if you do not have a lawyer because a personal injury lawyer’s job is, in part, to negotiate and settle your case. It is like asking “how do I fix my car?”, there are a lot of manuals and training courses out there to help you become…
This car accident injury claimant was seeking compensation from what she said was a very severe impact on her life due to her car accident injuries (Shapiro v. Dailey, 2010 BCSC 770). These injuries were soft tissue type injuries that developed into persisting chronic pain syndrome, fibromyalgia, myofascial pain, anxiety/panic disorder, depressive symptoms, post-traumatic stress disorder, thoracic outlet syndrome, and associated physical, emotional…