December 05, 2025
When someone has provided a person with the means to take their own life, and that person makes an independent and autonomous choice to do so, the question arises: how are we to distinguish between the offences of culpable homicide and aiding suicide?
December 05, 2025
The use of dashcam footage in personal injury and accident benefits disputes is rapidly changing the way Ontario adjudicators assess both liability and credibility. In a recent decision involving my client, the Licence Appeal Tribunal reaffirmed how critical this form of objective evidence can be, while also clarifying how tribunals evaluate delayed benefit applications under the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule (SABS).
December 04, 2025
New Brunswick has released its new disability action plan, which makes numerous recommendations around addressing poverty among that population — with an objective to increase access to justice and “legal decision-making supports.”
December 03, 2025
In a pay dispute with Ottawa that raises questions about the requirements for judicial independence, the Canadian Superior Courts Judges Association (CSCJA) and the associate judges of the Federal Court separately filed Federal Court applications seeking judicial review of the Carney government’s recent refusal to implement the recommendations of an independent judicial pay commission, including its advice that a $28,000 salary boost (on top of mandatory annual indexing) is necessary to keep attracting outstanding lawyers to the federal benches.
December 03, 2025
Legal minds in Manitoba are concerned that new legislation allowing for the 72-hour detention of people “intoxicated” by drugs will possibly do more harm than good.
December 02, 2025
The Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA) is calling on the province to review the tribunal tasked with looking at auto insurance disputes between injured people and insurance companies.
December 02, 2025
It is an unfortunate reality that hundreds of motor vehicle collisions occur daily on Ontario’s roads. When these collisions involve transport trucks, the risk of serious or fatal injuries rises dramatically.
December 02, 2025
Appeal by appellant from trial judge’s damages award. The appellant suffered personal injuries in a motor vehicle collision with the respondent. The appellant was in the course of his employment as a hospital transfer driver when the collision occurred.
December 01, 2025
The Ontario Superior Court has approved a $59-million settlement in two class actions brought on behalf of inmates and immigration detainees who experienced staffing-related lockdowns in Ontario correctional institutions.
November 27, 2025
Auger Hollingsworth Accident & Injury Lawyers has announced the addition of associate Chris Karpacz to its team of personal-injury litigators.