What Compensation is Available To Car Accident Victims in Nova Scotia?

In Nova Scotia, automobile insurance is mandatory. There are some types of compensation that you will be entitled to receive through your own insurance company. If you are not at fault for the accident, you are entitled to compensation from the other driver, which is...

Lawyers raise concerns about N.L. consultant’s possible bias

Parent company’s profits from insurance industry could skew reports, PUB told Questions about the independence of the consultant hired by the Public Utilities Board (PUB) to assess the auto insurance industry in the province became a little too intense Friday for PUB...

N.B. attorney general proposes litigants pay jury costs in some cases

People involved in certain civil lawsuits in New Brunswick could be ordered to pay the jury costs in trials under changes proposed by Attorney General Serge Rousselle.Under the proposed change, legal actions for libel, slander, malicious arrest, malicious prosecution...

Fredericton, RCMP sued by fired Fredericton police officer

Allegations against police force include negligence, extortion, perjury and false imprisonment.Former Fredericton police officer Jeff Smiley and his common-law wife Kim Burnett have made a series of allegations against Fredericton police and the RCMP in a civil suit...

Cyberbullying law ruled void in Nova Scotia

Rehtaeh Parsons’ death in 2013 shocked people across the country, most particularly in Nova Scotia where after being sexually assaulted and belittled on the web, the 17-year-old attempted suicide in the bathroom of her family home and later died.Within weeks and...

Olivia’s Divas 2015

On October 24, 2015, our firm team, Olivia's Divas, participated in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada's annual Light the Night Walk.We are proud to say that we raised a total of $12,151.00 to help find a cure!

CNIB withdraws claim against another lotto kiosk operator

'They are very, very happy with the outcome,' says lawyer.The Canadian National Institute for the Blind has withdrawn its claim against another former lottery kiosk operator it was accusing of missing thousands of dollars.The national charity has reached a...

Christopher Phillips didn’t have key bomb-making items: expert

Phillips's lawyer says police should have let the public know the risk was low before ordering evacuation.Key evidence has been released in the case of a Halifax man accused of stockpiling dangerous chemicals.An exhibit obtained by The Canadian Press contains an...

Christopher Phillips email describes uses for osmium tetroxide

CBC News has obtained the document at the centre of the case against Christopher Phillips, the Nova Scotia man arrested at an Ottawa hotel earlier this year: an email he sent to a friend describing how he could use a highly toxic chemical.It was the email, forwarded...

N.S. Liquor Corp. to appeal human rights decision

Pearl Kelly’s government employer hopes to nullify last month’s human-rights decision in her favour with a challenge at this province’s highest court.Grounds of appeal — almost a dozen alleged errors in law — are set out in a four-page document filed last Monday with...