Sunday, February 03, 2013

Hit and Run cases are complicated

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There is no way around it; Hit and Run cases are complicated.   The area of law that gives rise to a claim for personal injury and losses...
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Monday, June 04, 2012

Cross Examination of a Neurosurgeon - Part 4

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It has been a few months since I left off with this story. I highly recommend going back through my blog to read parts 1-3 as this post wo...
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Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Another McComb Witten trial win

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My colleague, Richard Chang, recently got a great court award for a nice lady with a walker who was injured in a bus accident. ICBC ref...
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Jeff Witten at Leprechaun

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My colleague Jeff Witten is a damn fine lawyer with an outrageous sense of humour.  Who says a lawyer has to be a stiff shirt.  Have a look...
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Important new case for people with ICBC claims

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Today the BC Court of Appeal released a case that will have a profound impact for many people recovering from a car accident in BC.   Un...
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Sunday, November 13, 2011

Cross-examination of a neurosurgeon - Part 3

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You will recall that I left this story with the ducks lined up for the second goal.  The doctor wrote in his report that the accident was ...
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Family Lawyer and Estate Planning

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As a Vancouver personal injury lawyer, I am regularly asked by clients and friends for a referral to a good family lawyer or help with wil...
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Sunday, November 06, 2011

Another trial success for the McComb Witten team

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 I would like to thank the ladies and gentlemen of the jury who sat through two weeks of evidence and gave up their Saturday to deliberate...
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Saturday, October 22, 2011

Cross-examination of a neurosurgeon - Part 2

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Damn you blogger for not supporting this template...come visit my new blog and read this post at: http://www.personal-injury-lawyer-vanco...
Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Cross-examination of a Neurosurgeon - Part 1

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Wednesday, September 07, 2011

I've got a green light. I can just go, right? Wrong!

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Unfortunately, Blogger is no longer supporting this template.  See this post at my new blog at:   www.personal-injury-lawyer-vancouver.bl...
Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Jaywalker hit, driver blamed

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Unfortunately, Blogger is no longer supporting this template.  Please see this article at: http://www.personal-injury-lawyer-vancouver.bl...
Friday, July 29, 2011

Another McComb Witten Trail Win

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ICBC often tells people that there is not enough damage to their vehicle, so ICBC is not going to consider compensation for the person (IC...
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Find answers to your ICBC claims at my new blog

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Unfortunately, Blogger is no longer supporting changes to this template and I can do little more than add text.  I'll save you from a...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Hataw Pinoy

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As a proud sponsor of the Filipino Summer Festival, McComb Witten had a booth where we provided information on ICBC claims and gave away a...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Will going on a vacation affect my ICBC claim?

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As a Vancouver personal injury lawyer dealing with ICBC claims, I get asked this question all the time: "I had a vaction booked befor...
Sunday, July 17, 2011

HST in BC

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During the last federal election, I was asked by the Vancouver Sun to participate in an online blog "Family Matters" dealing with ...
Saturday, July 16, 2011

Bus claims

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Recently I looked at a number of files where people have been injured when they have fallen as a result of a sudden movement by the bus dri...
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Monday, July 11, 2011

Need a Physiotherapist in North Vancouver?

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In an oral judgment for a ICBC claim for a Vancouver car accident, Justice Leask commended the knowledge and skill of physiotherapist Angeli...
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Thursday, July 07, 2011

Creating New Law

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As a vancouver personal injury lawyer or a litigator in general, it is always a little satisfying to create new law...even if it is simply a...
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Monday, June 27, 2011

Diminished Housekeeping Capacity

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In my last post before taking a hiatus (November 2006), I wrote about how the law is changing to better reward unpaid housework which is lar...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Adjustable height desk

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When I moved my practice to McComb Witten, I purchased an adjustable height desk.  Having used it now for a while, I can easily say it is on...
Saturday, June 18, 2011

PT Health Physiotherapy

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I would like to thank all of the physiotherapists that came out for the presentation on giving evidence at trial in a vancouver personal inj...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Game 7

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Ok...if there were ever a time for clouds to part and have the hockey gods shine down on Vancouver Game 7 is the time!!! Please, please, p...
Monday, June 13, 2011

ICBC Claim goes sideways

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As I was getting my news (Canucks) hit from the Vancouver Sun, I saw a link to an article titled: B.C. woman rear-ended in accident m...
Sunday, June 12, 2011

ICBC Claims and Storytelling

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I read a book a number of years ago that crystalized to me what my role as a trial lawyer is when I present a case in court. The book: Theat...
Friday, June 10, 2011

On being a system for evaluating evidence

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This morning I was listening to a audioCD on the way in to work. The key piece of advice from this Brian Tracy CD was that "you become ...
Thursday, June 09, 2011

Back to Blogging

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Well, it is amazing what a few big trials, getting married and having a couple of kids will do a person's blog!!! 4 years. 4 years since...
Thursday, November 16, 2006

Diminished Housekeeping Capacity

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On November 3, 2006, I gave a presentation at a Medical/Legal conference on the presentation of a chronic pain case to a trial judge. To co...
Monday, August 14, 2006

Can ICBC force you to hand over your computer?

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This is hot topic in British Columbia courts. ICBC frequently brings applications to force injured people to hand over their computers hard...
Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Latest Jury Award

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Well we finally sorted out the remaining issues from the jury trial. In the end, the award was just over $2.8M for our severely brain injur...
Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Debriefing the key steps in a personal injury trial

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Because we still have to sort out a few issues, I can't comment on the details of my last jury trial. I think it is fair, however, to co...
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Wednesday, April 19, 2006

BC Court of Appeal

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Well, it has been a dog fight for the last few months and I haven't made the time to post. The most pressing file that I have been worki...
Wednesday, December 14, 2005

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Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Provincial Tax on Legal Services

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There has been quite a bit of action this year on the topic of taxes on legal services. In a case called Christie , the BC Supreme court fo...
Thursday, November 03, 2005

Past Wage Loss

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The Supreme Court of Canada has said that tax consequences are not an appropriate consideration for a court in a claim for personal injuries...
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Monday, October 31, 2005

Brain Injury literature

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I have noticed an add on my blog that has some useful information for any brain injury survivor. The link is TBI Brain Injury Rehab. I...
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Saturday, October 22, 2005

Pacific Coast Brain Injury Conference (day 2)

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The second day of the conference was great. I attended a lively session on "Capacity". Interestingly, the presenter, a well known ...
Friday, October 21, 2005

Pacific Coast Brain Injury Conference

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The Pacific Coast Brain Injury Conference is this weekend. It's one of the premiere brain injury conferences in the country. I am amazed...
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Thursday, October 20, 2005

Getting Started

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Well, after re-branding our law firm and designing a website for it.  I decided to start my own blog. I'm still not sure what I'm go...
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