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Port Moody Lawyer: Court reduces Coquitlam Law Firm’s bill.
Did you know you can have a bill issued by a law firm, assessed by the Courts?
Port Coquitlam Lawyer: PoCo Stand Up - BC Supreme Court coming to Port Coquitlam
The Tri-Cities has a Supreme Court…for civil and family matters.
Coquitlam Lawyer: Driverless cars - Is the technology ready?
Are the safe? How can they regulated by the government, insurers, and by legislation?
Coquitlam Class Action Lawyer: Lawsuit against Ticketmaster - the 1st Step
In July, 2018, at a convention in Las Vegas, reporters for the Toronto Star and CBC (“Star/CBC”) went undercover, posing as professional ticket resellers, and attended a closed door session hosted by the secondary sales division of the defendant Ticketmaster.
Vancouver Estate Litigation: To be, or not to be - Estate Lit. & the Canadian Charter.
Lawen Estate v Nova Scotia grants constitutional protection for testamentary decisions and endangers Estate Litigation in Canada.
Surrey Estate Litigation: Disinherited Daughters: a Cultural Problem
Grewal v. Litt: Daughters - disinherited by millions of dollars due to family/cultural tradition - win big Court victory.
Vancouver Estate Litigation: Twin Daughters Disinherited by Estranged Father
I conclude that the Deceased’s abrupt reversal in direction and his decision to ignore the Twins was driven by bitterness and “sour grapes”
Coquitlam Lawyer: Pre-Nup. varied due to rising BC Home Prices.
The Court varied some portions of the prenuptial agreement stating that the Trial Judge in this matter failed to account for the unforeseen extraordinary rise in value of the parties’ home over the marriage.
Coquitlam ICBC Lawyer: Hells Angels’ found liable: Personal Injury Law & Violent Assaults.
Hells Angels found guilty in criminal and civil jurisdictions.
Tri-Cities Lawyers: Mussio Goodman wins big at Trial
Lawyer, Thomas O'Mahony wins his client $730,000 at trial due to a complex set of injuries.
Coquitlam Personal Injury Lawyer: Teacher is a Sucker…Puncher
Sucker punch by drunk teacher leads to $226,000 award for innocent plaintiff.
Coquitlam Lawyer: $1 Million+ Award
Justice Myers rejects ICBC’s arguments and awards the plaintiff $1,012,296 including $520,000 for future loss of earnings (based on the earnings approach), $225,000 for loss of housekeeping capacity - one of the largest awards for housekeeping in BC history - and $190,000 for non-pecuniary damages.