In Cowles v. Balac, released November 4, 2004, Justice MacFarland of the Ontario Court deals with a problem that we have encountered from time to time: an investigator making direct contact with a plaintiff who is represented by counsel. The…
A recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court raises an issue that is of increasing concern to insurers: the loss of litigation privilege. In Podeszwa et al and D. Preete et al and the Corporation of the City of London,…
An Ontario Superior Court judge has rejected an argument, made by a plaintiff in a medical malpractice action, that surveillance video should not be received in evidence at trial because it contravened the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act…