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Locating and serving a defendant with a statement of claim (or other originating process) can often be a tedious, onerous task, even for the best process servers and investigators. Service becomes even more complicated when a defendant is purposefully evasive. If you...
August 24th, 2016 - Depending on how you were hurt you may be able to hire a lawyer on a deferred fee basis. A contingency agreement with a law firm means that you will only pay the lawyer’s fees if, and when, the case is resolved for a monetary amount. The law firm...
Girones Lawyers once again will be holding a free legal clinic in Pembroke on April 19th 2016. Andrea Girones will be meeting with clients and answering questions on a wide variety of personal injury, disability insurance and medical malpractice topics. Andrea Girones...
September 21, 2015 Girones Lawyers once again will be holding a free legal clinic in Pembroke on October 15th, 2015 and in Brockville, November 5th, 2015. Andrea Girones will be meeting with clients and answering questions on a wide variety of personal injury and...
June 30th, 2015 Several changes to the Ontario Accident Benefits regime in recent years has meant that yes, you DO need many of the optional benefits offered by your car insurance company. Because theses optional increases cost more money, many people opt not to...
April 26th, 2015 As a lawyer practicing in litigation for almost 20 years I have rarely been happier to see a Court of Appeal decision as I have with the recent decision in Westerhof v. Gee Estate 2015 ONCA 206. A simple 2010 rule change in our Civil Procedure book...
May 4th, 2015 No fault accident benefits were supposed to compensate Ontario drivers for the significant reduction in their right to sue. 20 years ago when the right to sue for car accidents was restricted to serious and permanent injuries, the quid pro quo was a...
Although much has been made of the new summary judgment rules, the Courts appear to be struggling to sort out how best to apply these rules to the area of personal injury. Injury and accident lawsuits tend to turn on the credibility of the victims as well as the so...
While scientists are hopeful that they will someday be able to cure spinal cord injuries, they are not able to do so yet. If you have suffered a spinal cord injury in an accident, you may require ongoing treatments and therapies to help you lead an independent and...
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