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16 Jan 2013, 8:11 am
In an illustration of a seldom used power, reasons for judgement were released this week by the BC Supreme Court, Victoria Registry, ordering a Plaintiff’s lawyer to pay costs to Defendants personally pursuant to Rule 14-1(33) after bringing an unsuccessful application to renew a lawsuit. [read post]
15 Jan 2013, 7:16 am
In a fairly typical exercise of a Court’s discretion pursuant to Rule 9-1(5), reasons for judgement were released last week by the BC Supreme Court, Vancouver Registry, ordering a Plaintiff to pay a Defendant’s trial costs for failing to accept a reasonable pre-trial formal settlement offer. [read post]
14 Jan 2013, 9:23 am
They are at it again. [read post]
14 Jan 2013, 8:27 am
Back in 2010, when a group of construction, real property and bankruptcy lawyers first started meeting to consider potential revisions to North Carolina’s lien and bond statutes, one of the driving forces behind those discussions — particularly for those who typically represent subcontractors and suppliers — was protection for downstream project participants after an upstream player filed for bankruptcy. [read post]
14 Jan 2013, 7:59 am
Last year I had the pleasure of authoring an article addressing social media use by lawyers at the invitation of David Bilinsky, who works as a Practice Management Advisor at the Law Society of BC. [read post]
13 Jan 2013, 4:09 pm
There’s still time to enter the Inforrm Media Law Quiz of the Year - just. [read post]
11 Jan 2013, 9:38 am
Sue Reisinger at Law.com's Corporate Counsel writes that With the beginning of the new year both Congress and the Securities and Exchange Commission are pondering what to do about secret corporate campaign donations -- an outcome that could mean general counsel would be grappling with several new rules on corporate giving at some point. [read post]
11 Jan 2013, 7:59 am
As discussed on numerous occasions, a Plaintiff who fails to take reasonable steps to aid in their own recovery can have their damages reduced for a ‘failure to mitigate’. [read post]
10 Jan 2013, 8:00 pm
Different types of interests A receiver cannot escape the weighing of interests. [read post]
10 Jan 2013, 9:50 am
This week, law.com reported on the Mannheim Regional Court's growing worldwide popularity and its role as a global patent litigation hotspot. [read post]
10 Jan 2013, 7:58 am
Adding to this site’s archived posts highlighting judicial criticism of expert witness advocacy, reasons for judgement were released this week by the BC Supreme Court, Vernon Registry, rejecting the opinion of an ICBC retained expert in a chronic pain case. [read post]
9 Jan 2013, 7:19 am
When assessing damages for injuries the BC Supreme Court will not address the injuries as ‘items on a grocery list’. [read post]
8 Jan 2013, 12:48 pm
Adding to this site’s archived posts addressing Facebook photos in BC personal injury lawsuits, reasons for judgement were released today by the BC Supreme Court, Vernon Registry, finding such photos to be ‘of limited usefulness‘ when assessing a chronic soft tissue injury claim. [read post]
8 Jan 2013, 7:08 am
Remember grade school math problems? [read post]
7 Jan 2013, 11:12 am
The Law.com Technology News polled the legal community asking, "What do you predict will be the most unexpected legal technology development or trend in 2013, and why?" [read post]
7 Jan 2013, 7:13 am
Further to my previous posts on this topic, reasons for judgement were released last week by the BC Supreme Court, Vancouver Registry, confirming that when a Rule 15 matter settles pre-trial and the settlement agreement incorporates costs, these should be assessed at $6,500 unless there are compelling facts and circumstances. [read post]
4 Jan 2013, 1:14 pm
The Sound Transit East Link Project is a section of Sound Transit’s massive effort to extend light rail around the Seattle metropolitan area. [read post]
4 Jan 2013, 8:02 am
As I’ve previously written, when a vehicle is involved in a crash and is then repaired it is generally worth less than it would be had it not been damaged. [read post]
3 Jan 2013, 8:00 pm
The receiver and personal interests The duties of the receiver are to represent the interests of others. [read post]
3 Jan 2013, 9:18 am
According to a Law.com article entitled "Twitter Sinks Woman's Award After Car Accident" by reporter Mark Niesse, carefree Twitter messages about traveling and partying held down the damages awarded by a Georgia jury to a woman who was injured in a car accident. [read post]
