By: Dan Dooley Published: March 9th, 2017 Dan Dooley spoke at The Advocate's Society sponsored event "Mastering Winning Discovery Techniques" on October 31st, 2016. Three scenarios the undisclosed document The plaintiff is testifying at a personal injury action. Defence counsel has taken the plaintiff through the documentary...
INTRODUCTION Sabina Zefferino was eligible by her employment to purchase automobile insurance from Meloche Monnex Insurance Company, which offered its services by telephone through employees in a call centre rather than on a face-to-face basis with customers. Ms. Zefferino purchased automobile insurance for herself and...
Commentators generally agree on one fundamental point: “Visual, tangible evidence has powerful impact.”[52] No doubt – but there are two sides to the fact that people remember the pictures. Chayko and Gulliver in Forensic Evidence in Canada[53] suggested that “both real and demonstrative evidence are important because...
By : Daniel Dooley, Erin H. Durant and Saly Botelho, Dooley Lucenti Barristers & Solicitors Published : May 26, 2015 SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN PERSONAL INJURY CASES Daniel Dooley, Erin H. Durant, Saly Botelho The 2010 amendments to Rule 20 of the Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure and the decision...
Originally Published in Canadian Defence Lawyers Hearsay (Winter 2015) A growing number of insurers are offering employment practices liability policies as a stand-alone insurance product or as an added endorsement to their commercial general liability policies. Accordingly, there is a growing body of case law on...
Originally Published in The Advocates’ Journal, Fall 2014. A motorist runs a red light and collides with another vehicle. Immediately he exits the vehicle and states “I am so sorry! I caused the accident!” Can the other driver testify about this admission as evidence in a...
Published in , October 2013 By: Daniel Dooley I am with increasing frequency seeing the allegation of “spoliation” in pleadings, whether in original form or by way of amendment. An accusation of spoliation recently arose at my office. My client was the defendant in an action where...
Dooley Barristers Professional Corporation Barrie, Ontario The Advocates’ Society Tricks of the Trade In Pursuit of Excellence: Practical Tools to Enhance Your Practice January 24, 2014 Toronto, Ontario Getting Your Costs Paid – Strategic Considerations Daniel Dooley and Erin H. Durant, Dooley Barristers Contents Getting Your Costs Paid – Strategic Considerations 2 A. Rule 1.04(1.1)...
Published in Canadian Defence Lawyers: Hearsay, December 2013 Daniel Dooley, Erin Durant, Andrew Emery Whenever a motor vehicle accident occurs because of, or is blamed on, slippery conditions, the issue of road authority liability arises. If the plaintiff does not sue the road authority, defence counsel will...
By: Daniel Dooley and Erin H. Durant Dooley Barristers Professional Corporation Barrie, Ontario Civil Litigation Skills Certificate Program: Trial from A to Z April 16, 2013 Toronto, Ontario “A huge portion of what [counsel] said after ‘Good morning’ needed remedial attention.” Justice J.Q. Quinn[1] A basketball player named LeBron James recently “posterized” an...