Ian Mair
TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME
Seems everyone’s talking baseball. The team’s off to a good start. Could this be the year? Does the team need another big bat in the middle of the order? Does the team have enough pitching? Even lawyers are talking baseball. Thing is, some lawyers can’t help looking at baseball a little differently. When a lawyer [...]
MMW BURNS SUPPER
January 25th is the birthday of Robert Burns, Scotland’s most celebrated poet. On January 25, 2012, MMW marked the occasion of Burns’s 203rd birthday with a traditional Burns Supper for our clients and friends. The MMW Burns Supper was held at historic Sir William Campbell House in Toronto. A bagpiper played outside the door to [...]
AT MMW, WE ARE BUILDING A GREAT LAW FIRM – ONE GREAT LAWYER AT A TIME
Moodie Mair Walker LLP is pleased to announce that Forough Ghorbani has joined the firm as our newest associate lawyer. Forough was called to the Ontario Bar and the New Brunswick Bar in 2010 after completing her articling year with a large Atlantic law firm. Prior to joining MMW, she practiced insurance litigation with a [...]
SLIPPERY SIDEWALK, EH? BETTER WATCH YOUR STEP!
It was a cold, grey and dreary day in the middle of an endless Toronto winter. The plaintiff, Wally (not his real name), parked his taxi cab in a parking spot on Bloor Street. He had to see his travel agent to pick up tickets for his warm-weather vacation. As he was walking past a [...]
MMW NEWS
Sandra MacKenzie selected Co-Chair of CDL, Vice-Chair of OBA. Sandra MacKenzie has been chosen to serve as a Co-Chair of the CDL Canadian Defence Lawyers, Young Lawyers Division. Sandra has also recently been appointed Vice-Chair of the Ontario Bar Association, Young Lawyers’ Division Executive Committee for the 2011-2012 term. Sandra has served on the Young [...]
CARE COSTS DRIVE LARGE DAMAGES AWARDS
Damages awards in recent Ontario court decisions involving catastrophic brain injury have reached unprecedented levels — in the millions of dollars. In Marcoccia v. Gill, the plaintiff, Robert Marcoccia, was a twenty-something male who injured the frontal and temporal lobes of his brain in a car accident. The jury assessed damages at $16.9 million. In [...]
WELCOME TO OUR NEW BLOG
At MMW, we recognize that the law never stands still. There are constant changes. Issues and approaches evolve. Working on the front lines on behalf of our clients gives us a unique perspective on these important shifts. We are eager to share this perspective with you – our clients, colleagues and friends. So we started [...]