This decision opens the door, albeit in obiter, to precluding experts with prior judicial findings of bias from conducting defence medical examinations and giving evidence at trial.
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Gilbert v. South, 2015 ONCA 712
Court of Appeal Refuses to Order Trust or Assignment of Accident Benefits Following Trial
Queen’s University Takes Top Prize at 2016 OTLA Cup
Ten competitors and five witnesses from law schools throughout Ontario competed in the annual mooting competition in a hotly contested mock trial, held this year in Windsor, Ontario. The competition was tight as all the participants were extremely well prepared, but ultimately only one team could take home the Cup. Queen’s University returned the OTLA Cup to Kingston in 2016, the site of the first …
Dhawan v Wehbe, 2015 ONSC 6104 (CanLII)
Released October 15, 2015 | CanLII This motion concerns a plaintiff’s efforts to set aside an administrative dismissal order dated November 26, 2014 to permit reinstatement of the proceeding and to extend time to set the action down for trial. The action was commenced in 2008 and at the time of the motion, the plaintiff’s counsel missed deadlines to set it down. The defendant consented …
Bhatt v. William Beasley Enterprises Limited, 2015 ONSC 2168
Released June 12, 2015 | CanLII This is a judge alone trial decision. The trial proceeded before Mr. Justice Faieta in March 2015. The minor Plaintiff was injured while boarding a ride with his father at the Centreville Amusement Park. The Defendant advanced the argument that there was contributory negligence on both the minor Plaintiff and his father in part because he had a pre-existing …
Saleh v. Nebel, 2015 ONSC 3680
Released June 8, 2015 | CanLII This eight-day motor vehicle injury trial proceeded before the Honourable Mr. Justice F.L. Myers and a jury in Toronto in January and February 2015. Liability was admitted. The jury awarded the plaintiff $30,000 for general damages but nothing for his claims for past and future loss of income or for future care. Justice Myers subsequently granted the defendant’s threshold …