Courts Have Inherent Jurisdiction to Order Assessments by Non-Health Practitioners For several years, there have been two streams of cases regarding whether courts can order independent medical assessments by non-health pra...
Second Defence Medical Ordered In Galea v. Firsker , [2013] ONSC 1666 (S.C.J.), there is an interesting twist to the usual motion to compel the plaintiff to attend a seco...
Further Defence Medical Ordered After New Evidence Produced In Low v. Clarke , [2013] OJ. No. 1703 (S.C.J.), the defendant brought a motion seeking to compel the plaintiff to attend a further defence ...
Second Independent Medical Examination - Evidence What evidence is necessary on a motion to compel the plaintiff to attend a second independent medical examination ? In Nasir v. Kochmanski ,...
Independent Medical Examinations - Second IME Ordered Walsh v. Newland , 2012 ONSC 2123 (S.C.J.) Motions to compel a plaintiff to attend at an independent medical examination are often dependent...
Disclosure of Surveillance - 2 Aherne v. Chang, 2011 ONSC 3846 This is an appeal from Master Short’s recent decision on the issue of ‘when is privilege waived?’. The defe...
Disclosure of Surveillance If surveillance is provided to an independent medical assessor, does it have to be produced to the plaintiff, even if the assessor does not ...
Defence "Life Care" Assessment This entry was prepared by Alexandra Lacko, articling student. In the case of Vanderidder v. Aviva Canada Inc. , 2010 ONSC 6222, the moving ...