Kelly Santini’s Lisa Langevin was elected USLAW Network Inc.’s board of directors at the association’s recent annual meeting. Kelly Santini became USLAW’s first Canadian member in 2011. Today the network consists of over 100 law firms and 6,000 lawyers who work together to deliver consistent, cohesive and cost-effective legal services…
Farrell v Costco Wholesale, 2015 ONSC 7783 In this case, Costco brought a motion seeking leave from the court to issue a third party claim. Rule 29.02 of the Rules of Civil Procedure provides that the court must grant a party leave to issue a third party claim, unless doing…
Silva v John Doe, 2016 ONSC 307 Section 25(1) of the Motor Vehicle Claims Act, R.S.O 1990, c.M41 (Act) precludes payments out of the Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund (Fund) to any person “who ordinarily resides in a jurisdiction outside Ontario” at the time of the motor vehicle accident. At…
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v Aslan et al., 2016 ONSC 2725 In this case, State Farm sought an order to compel each respondent to attend an examination under oath (examination) pursuant to section 33 of the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule – O. Reg 34/10 (Schedule). At issue was…
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Shawn O’Connor was one of the volunteer race guides for THE RIDE this past weekend. Hundreds of riders faced stiff winds over a 108KM course. Their efforts raised $1.3M for cancer research at The Ottawa Hospital. Congratulations to everyone involved.
Kelly Santini’s Andrew Godfrey and Michael Leaver advised founders Tony Greco, Paolo Fiorin and the Greco Fitness company on its recent investment deal with New York-based investment firm Integrity Square. The new investment aims to help Greco Fitness expand into new markets. For more on the investment, see “Greco Fitness…
We are very pleased to welcome recent law school grads Chantel Helwer (University of Manitoba), Kentt Coburn (University of Ottawa), Kate Craner (Osgoode Hall) and Jennifer Cox (University of Calgary) to the firm for their articling year.
