In this case that went before the Licence Appeal Tribunal (“LAT”) following a seven-day hearing held in-person over the months of October and December 2019, the LAT determined that the Applicant had sustained a Catastrophic Impairment as a result of his motor vehicle accident of June 6, 2014…
LAT Tag Archives
A Look Into How an Adjudicator is Trained at the LAT
Guest Author: Laura Dickson, Lamont Law In 2018, the independence of the adjudicators and decision-making process was called into question by the Divisional Court. The Divisional Court in Shuttleworth found that, although some outside influence on reason writing was considered permissible, the Court held that there ought to be an institutional consultation procedure in place to safeguard the independence of the decision-maker. The Ontario Court …
Updated LAT Statistics
OTLA continues to make strategic Freedom of Information requests to the government. As part of these requests, we recently received updated Licence Appeal Tribunal statistics.
10 Things We Learned at The September LAT Stakeholder Meeting
OTLA staff and members attended the Licence Appeal Tribunal Stakeholder Consultation Meeting on behalf of OTLA. At the meeting, the LAT provided us with an update on their operations and different stakeholders (OTLA, the IBC, The Advocates Society and the OBA) each presented concerns and potential solutions to help the LAT.
NM v The Guarantee Company of North America
This reconsideration decision helps shed some more light on the level of behaviour that will attract costs at the Licence Appeal Tribunal (“LAT”).
P.H. vs. Aviva Insurance Company of Canada, 2020 ONLAT 18-010205/AABS
In this case, the Licence Appeal Tribunal decided in favour of the Applicant, who was injured when she fell through a gap in between her house and her backyard patio after the ladder had been detached as a result of a motor vehicle that struck it moments before her fall.