Personal Injury

  • May 28, 2026

    Smart courts: AI algorithms decoding personal injury claims

    Ontario’s civil justice system is in the middle of a quiet architectural shift. The visible changes are procedural, e-filing, virtual appearances, digital evidence platforms and integrated case records. The less visible shift is analytic: the growing use of machine learning systems to classify, predict and “price” dispute trajectories.

  • May 28, 2026

    Federal Court refuses summary judgment in RCMP medical examination class action

    The Federal Court has refused to grant summary judgment in a class action concerning allegations claiming physicians conducting mandatory pre-employment medical examinations for RCMP applicants committed sexual assaults and other misconduct over more than four decades.

  • May 27, 2026

    New drug analysis centre aims to help ‘detect, disrupt’ fentanyl, other illegal synthetic opioids

    Citing the need to “move quickly to detect and disrupt” the illegal synthetic opioids causing many deaths and injuries, Ottawa announced it has launched a new drug analysis centre to combat illegal drugs.

  • May 27, 2026

    More concerns about the SCC’s Ahluwalia decision

    I have a friend (yes, indeed, I have a couple) who practises personal injury law. This past weekend he called me after reading about the Ahluwalia decision (Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16). He visited and over tea, he asked me a simple question (really, a couple).

  • May 26, 2026

    Should lawyers be buying their AI lunch?

    Frank Ramos, a Miami litigation lawyer, writes intelligently on LinkedIn. Recently, he posted that potential legal clients are moving away from using Google searches, and toward AI, to find lawyers. His conclusion is that lawyers should stop worrying about SEO and start writing intelligent commentary so that AI will identify them as an expert and recommend them.

  • May 26, 2026

    Alicia Kennedy joins Wagners to lead sexual assault litigation practice

    Alicia Kennedy has joined Wagners Law Firm in Halifax, where she will lead the firm’s sexual assault and abuse litigation practice.

  • May 21, 2026

    Ontario Appeal Court blocks records request in tribunal constitutional challenge

    Ontario’s top court has turned back an attempt to gain hundreds of documents as part of a constitutional challenge of Ontario’s car insurance regime. The Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision is part of a larger case about the constitutionality of Ontario’s Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT), which has exclusive jurisdiction over the administration of the province’s no-fault statutory accident benefits regime.

  • May 21, 2026

    Feds publish results of third Tobacco and Vaping Products Act legislative review

    Minister of Health Marjorie Michel has tabled the report of the third legislative review of the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (TVPA) in Parliament, focused on compliance, enforcement and related actions.

  • May 20, 2026

    Is the bar for catastrophic impairment getting harder to meet in Ontario?

    For seriously injured Ontarians, a catastrophic impairment (CAT) designation is critical. It unlocks enhanced medical, rehabilitation and attendant care benefits, often the difference between meaningful recovery and long-term hardship.

  • May 19, 2026

    Nova Scotia’s top court releases 2025 annual report

    The release of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal’s latest annual report sets the stage for an increase in webcasts and a push to educate people on the importance of judicial independence, says the province’s top judge.