“This isn’t your neighbour, it is your baby!”, the lady said, emphatically. As I continued walking away she continued: “Don’t you love her? Don’t you love your daughter?!” Just minutes before, the same lady challenged my wife saying: “This isn’t
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Negotiations, in my experience, are more of an art than a science. Having embarked on an uninvited negotiation that started with some sort of spooge being squirted on my wife’s boots, I was less than impressed with the artistry of
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A judgment released May 10, 2013, following an eight day Supreme Court of British Columbia personal injury trial, reminds me of the saying: “A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client”. The decision reads like
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It irritates me when those holidaying in southern destinations giggle openly about leaving the cold behind, and those unable to escape it. Please believe me that I am not giggling at your expense as I write this while on a
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A first aid course is the full extent of my formal medical education. Over the years of handling car crash injury cases, though, I have benefited from extensive “on the job training”. Every one of my clients is a case
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“Do not sign anything” is a stern warning I see or hear from time to time in marketing materials by some personal injury lawyers. Use that phrase as a google search criteria and the first page of results includes a
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I sometimes wonder if those consulting with me are disappointed by the straight-forward legal advice that I give them. Some seem to be looking for clever tactical pointers. Certainly, a personal injury lawyer must have a few tricks up his
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With a legal practice dedicated to a very narrow area of law, I often feel like a broken record when I am giving advice to my clients. The same issues and procedures come up again and again and again because
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Legal column describing the negotiation range and process for a personal injury claim
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Legal column stressing the importance of credibility and honesty when describing pain caused by a car crash
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