Jul 23, 2019 | Personal Injury
At Conway Law Firm, you will always have your case handled by Brian Conway. We believe in a basic principle: clients should always be able to talk to the lawyer that is handling their case. Your lawyer ought to regularly be in touch with you by phone or by email. You...
Jul 10, 2019 | Litigation, Personal Injury
If your case goes to trial there are some additional insights you will want to prepare for. Your lawyer will work closely with you prior to trial. It is important to be prepared so that there are few if any surprises at trial. Of course, you cannot predict every what...
Jul 3, 2019 | Litigation, Personal Injury
Although it is not currently mandatory to attend at a Mediation to obtain a trial date from our courts (it has been mandatory in the past and looks like it will be once again in the not-too-distant future – as of April, 2019), most lawyers in Alberta will recommend...
Jun 28, 2019 | Litigation
Your lawyer may want you to go and see a medical expert to get an Independent opinion on your car accident injuries and your prognosis for the future. Alternatively, the Defendant’s insurance lawyer may want to send you to a Defence Medical Examination. What follows...
Jun 24, 2019 | Litigation
Attendance at a Questioning on Undertaking Responses is almost identical to the process that I have described here. The main difference between a Questioning on Undertaking Responses and a regular Questioning is the extent to which the Defendant’s insurance lawyer can...
Jun 20, 2019 | Litigation
This post continues a series describing the common litigation process for motor vehicle accidents. Here we discuss further the process of Questioning. When you attend at a Questioning, it is important to remember that there is nothing that you can say that is helpful...
Jun 17, 2019 | Litigation
A ‘Questioning’ is an opportunity for the lawyer for the other driver’s insurance company to ask you questions about the collision, your injuries, treatment and recovery (or lack thereof). There are two primary purposes for the Defence lawyer to Question you. The...
Jun 4, 2019 | Litigation, Personal Injury
An Affidavit of Records is a sworn document that sets out all of the ‘relevant and material records’ of the Plaintiff. The Plaintiff is required to provide the Affidavit of Records to the lawyer for the Defendant within 3 months of having received the Defendant’s...
May 28, 2019 | Litigation
Early in the litigation process a decision must be made on whether to deal with an insurance adjuster or insist on a Statement of Defence. Under the Rules of Court, a Statement of Defence must be filed and served on the Plaintiff within (with some limited exceptions)...
May 21, 2019 | Litigation
Once you have filed your Statement of Claim (within two years of the date of your accident), the next deadline that you face under the Rules of Court, is that you must ‘serve’ the Statement of Claim on all of the people/companies that you have named as Defendants in...