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11/01/24

Choosing the right law firm: Q&A with Toronto’s top lawyers

Why do you choose to practice in personal injury law? When I graduated from Queen’s Law, I knew I wanted to be a civil litigator advocating for clients in the...

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Tougher Penalties for Distracted Driving in 2019

7/01/19

In Ontario, deaths from accidents caused by distracted driving have doubled since 2000. According to the Ministry of Transportation[1], Ontario data on accidents from 2003 show: one person is injured in a distracted-driving collision every half hour a driver using...

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The Art of Distraction

26/11/18

My last blog post about the increasing number of cyclist related accidents in the City ended with a comment that the City of Toronto had not done much in the way of implementing their “Vision Zero” Road Safety Plan whose...

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Proposed Ontario Legislation Toughens Penalties for Distracted Driving

20/10/17

The Ontario government plans to introduce legislation that will increase the penalties for careless and distracted driving, as well as introducing a new offence when careless driving leads to serious injury or death. What is distracted driving? While many people...

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Distracted Driving Laws in Ontario Explained

13/02/17

Distracted driving is a leading cause of traffic accidents in Ontario, and the number of deaths from distracted driving collisions in this province has doubled since 2000[1]. In fact, in up to 80% of traffic collisions involve some form of...

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