Following settlement of your injury claim, there may be other parties entitled to part of your settlement: your Group Benefits Insurer/Extended Health Insurer, Ontario Disability Support Program, and the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) to name a few.
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Bishop-Gittens v. Lim, CV-11-00107056-0000
In considering the issue of costs, factors taken into account include: 1) the rates charged and the hours spent by the plaintiff’s counsel; 2) the amount claimed and the amount recovered by the plaintiff; 3) the complexity of the proceeding and the importance of the issues; 4) the conduct of any party that tended to shorten or lengthen the proceeding; 5) whether the action should have been brought under the simplified rules pursuant to Rule 76; and 6) the reasonableness of the costs.
Edwards v Camp Kennebec, 2016 ONSC 2501
In this settlement approval motion, plaintiff counsel’s fees were reduced from $793,500 to $225,000 because the contingency fee agreement was not compliant with the Solicitor’s Act
Lauesen v. Silverman, 2016 ONCA 327
The Ontario Court of Appeal held that a solicitor’s negligence claim based on improvident settlement in a personal injury action was not discoverable until new counsel advised the plaintiff of it after obtaining an expert medical-legal opinion.
Shah v. Loblaw Companies Ltd, 2015 ONSC 5987
Litigation Cost Protection will not suffice as ‘Security for Costs’
Mikolic v. Tanguay, 2015 ONSC 71
Accident Benefits Settlement Deducted from Tort Award as a Result of Itemized Settlement Disclosure Notice
