Assessing medical malpractice damages—contingencies
This article on contingencies is part of a series of articles that discuss the types of damages that may be claimed in a medical negligence case. It is important to note, however, that each case is unique, and the damages claimed will differ between individuals. The assessment of damages is a process that evolves as...
Continue reading the post titled Assessing medical malpractice damages—contingenciesCourts get tougher on partisan experts
The court refused to accept him as an expert. There was no doubt that he had genuine accounting expertise, but he lacked the critical element of impartiality.
Continue reading the post titled Courts get tougher on partisan expertsOstrander Point, wind and birds: is it different?
There definitely are places where renewable energy projects should not go. The Prince Edward County Field Naturalists wants me, and you, to know why they think Ostrander Point is one of them, and why wind turbines should not be built there, of all places. This is not about the nocebo effect, it’s about birds. As...
Continue reading the post titled Ostrander Point, wind and birds: is it different?Assessing medical malpractice damages—punitive and aggravated damages
This article on punitive and aggravated damages is part of a series of articles that discuss the types of damages that may be claimed in a medical negligence case. It is important to note, however, that each case is unique, and the damages claimed will differ as between individuals. The assessment of damages is an...
Continue reading the post titled Assessing medical malpractice damages—punitive and aggravated damagesMisunderstood "best by" labels waste food and energy
According to a recent Harvard study, The Dating Game, badly regulated and poorly understood food labelling contributes to an enormous, avoidable waste of food, and associated energy and emissions.
Continue reading the post titled Misunderstood "best by" labels waste food and energyA reader writes about environmental management systems
Dear Dianne Saxe, I read some of your postings this am. I cannot help but think that if robust, credible and reliable EMS (aligned to ISO 14001) were more wide spread that some of these challenges could have been avoided. Not only would they have avoided the environmental damage, but the financial costs would have...
Continue reading the post titled A reader writes about environmental management systemsWhat will it take for facts to overcome fear about wind turbines?
People who actually live with and host wind turbines on their properties are rarely heard in the emotional debate on wind farms and health. Australian filmmaker and researcher Neil Barrett is giving this critical group a voice in his excellent short film, The way the wind blows. Evidence around the world has shown that those...
Continue reading the post titled What will it take for facts to overcome fear about wind turbines?Innovating in London: The virtual ER at the Children’s Hospital
With the pandemic landscape shifting on a daily basis, we are all weighing our personal comfort in accessing medical support while weighing risks of what is, or is not, essential. Access to treatment, be it physiotherapy, occupational therapy or ongoing counselling is all weighed with the risk of attending in public places with many potential...
Continue reading the post titled Innovating in London: The virtual ER at the Children’s HospitalAssessing medical malpractice damages—Family Law Act damages—services rendered, expenses incurred, and other pecuniary losses
This article on damages for Family Law Act (FLA) claimants is part of a series of articles that discuss the types of damages that may be claimed in a medical negligence case. It is important to note, however, that each case is unique, and the damages claimed will differ between individuals. The assessment of damages...
Continue reading the post titled Assessing medical malpractice damages—Family Law Act damages—services rendered, expenses incurred, and other pecuniary lossesClass actions for historic contamination
Class actions for historic contamination: Sydney Tar Ponds and Smith v. Inco The class action by neighbours of the notorious tar ponds in Sydney, Nova Scotia, is going ahead, although neighbours of Inco’s Port Colborne plant have lost theirs.
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