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2021 insurance coverage for lawyers in private practice, sole practitioners and lawyers in association or partnership

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The base program Eligibility: Required of all lawyers¹ providing services in private practice.² Coverage limit: $1 million per claim/$2 million in the aggregate (i.e., for all claims made in 2021), applicable to claim expenses, indemnity payments and/or costs of repairs together. Standard deductible: $5,000 per claim, applicable to claim expenses, indemnity payments and/or costs of… Read More »

Categories: 2020 October – Insurance Issue 2021, Articles, LAWPRO policy

2021 insurance coverage for exempt lawyers

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in-house corporate counsel government lawyers, educators and others not in active private practice retired lawyers, estate trustees, emeritus lawyers, judges and others no longer practising law legal aid clinic lawyers (not directly employed by Legal Aid Ontario) lawyers who engage in only occasional practice in Ontario and are resident in a Canadian jurisdiction other than… Read More »

Categories: 2020 October – Insurance Issue 2021, Articles

Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Renewing Your Coverage for 2021

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Q. How do I renew my insurance coverage? A. Filing your renewal application online is quick and easy: 1) Go to lawpro.ca and click on the yellow “LOGIN” box on the right side of the page 2) Log in with your Law Society number and confidential online password. If you cannot remember that password or… Read More »

Categories: 2020 October – Insurance Issue 2021, Articles, LAWPRO policy

LAWPRO Alert: Ontario limitation periods and procedural time periods resume September 14, 2020

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By an Emergency Order dated March 20, the Ontario government suspended the running of most provincial limitation periods and procedural time periods retroactively to March 16 due to the COVID-19 emergency. The Emergency Order will be revoked on September 14, 2020. While the government has already lifted the suspension for some types of matters (Construction… Read More »

Categories: Alerts, Limitation Periods

Construction Law Resumption of Limitations Periods and Practice Management Tips

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While they were initially caught by the general suspension that was retroactive to March 16th, the suspension for matters under the Construction Act was lifted for all matters on and after April 16, 2020. In effect, limitation periods were suspended from March 16, 2020 to April 16, 2020. Time ran again on April 16th, with… Read More »

Categories: Construction, Online Only

The Dangers of Rule 49 of the Rules of Civil Procedure

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Consider the following scenario: You act for a plaintiff in a Superior Court matter. On your client’s instructions, you send the opposing counsel an informal email in which you offer to settle the litigation for $100,000. You do not include an expiry date for the offer. The opposing counsel promptly rejects the offer by email… Read More »

Categories: Civil Litigation, Online Only

This is not a claim, but…

by LAWPRO

At LAWPRO we often get explanations from insureds as to why they feel their matter is not reportable to LAWPRO. Commonly we hear the following: “There is no claim against me. No one has commenced an action, there is no litigation. So, there is no claim”. In this article I will explain common misunderstandings about… Read More »

Categories: Criminal Law, Immigration, LAWPRO policy, Online Only

“Zombie” transfers can come back to haunt you

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The bottom line: A dead person cannot convey an interest in land A “zombie” deed/transfer refers to a land transfer registered after the death of the transferor as if the transferor is still alive. There has been much debate around the use of “zombie” deeds – a recent case attempts to put the debate to… Read More »

Categories: Online Only, Real Estate

How to lessen your risk of a malpractice claim when virtually witnessing wills and powers of attorney

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The Successions Law Reform Act and Substitute Decisions Act(the “Acts”) were amended to provide for remote execution and witnessing of wills and power of attorneys on or after April 7, 2020. Allowing remote witnessing of wills and powers of attorneys was originally permitted in response to COVID-19, the Ontario government subsequently changed the law to… Read More »

Categories: Online Only, Wills & Estates

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