About LAWPRO
Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity Company (LAWPRO) is owned by the Law Society of Upper Canada and is licensed to provide professional liability insurance and title insurance in numerous jurisdictions across Canada. Through its malpractice insurance program, LAWPRO insures over 25,000 practising lawyers in Ontario, as well as providing them with risk and practice management information under the practicePRO banner.
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practicePRO.ca: Time for a new look
It’s been nearly 20 years since the launch of the original practicePRO.ca website. While the site was basic by today’s standards, it offered the high quality risk management articles, checklists and precedents lawyers would come to expect from the program. In its first few years, practicePRO.ca averaged 30,000 visitors and 7,000 downloads per year. By… Read More »
Categories: AnnouncementsA Few Good Practice Habits: Examination for Discovery
An examination for discovery often marks the point in which you really sink your teeth into a case. The parties and opposing counsel come to a face-to-face meeting, and key evidence comes out, warts and all. Much of the exploration in an examination for discovery will uniquely depend on the specific witness and the answers… Read More »
Categories: Civil LitigationA Simple Habit To Avoid Missing Deadlines
Here at Claims Prevention & practicePRO we often talk about “baby steps”. The big idea is that taking baby steps can help make you a more effective lawyer. There isn’t necessarily One Big Thing that will magically turn you into a great lawyer. The elements of a habit are explored in Charles Duhigg’s The Power… Read More »
Categories: Biggest Claims Risks, Civil Litigation, Law Practice Management, Legal Technology, Practice Aids, Risk Management & Claims PreventionWhat kinds of PPSA claims does LAWPRO see?
What kinds of PPSA claims does LAWPRO see? Problems with registrations under personal property security legislation (such as the Ontario Personal Property Security Act (PPSA)) are common causes of claims against corporate/commercial lawyers, and indemnity costs associated with these claims can be high. Approximately ten claims involving allegations of PPSA-related mistakes are reported to LAWPRO… Read More »
Categories: Real EstateOntario dusts off the escheats rulebook – time to dust off your advice?
Most lawyers practising today remember the Ontario Escheats Act – if at all – as a terse one-page statute of limited application. However, surprise! While there’s no reason to anticipate a boom in property forfeited to the Crown, when it does happen, it will now be more complicated. This is thanks to the replacement, in… Read More »
Categories: Real EstateOn parental leave from your private practice? Relax, you’re covered
Lawyers about to become parents sometimes ask about their coverage while on parental leave. The answer is simple: if a lawyer was in private practice before taking the leave and was covered under the Program policy, and then suspends private practice for “family (or illness) reasons” (with intention to return) for up to five years,… Read More »
Categories: LAWPRO Errors and Omissions CoverageBuild good practice habits and avoid malpractice claims: The new lawyer
You are just beginning to build the habits that can help or hinder your practice in the long term. Consistency in how you deliver service – from the questions you ask at intake to the steps you take when the client leaves the office – is one of the foundations to protect yourself against malpractice… Read More »
Categories: Biggest Claims Risks, Communication Errors, Limitations Claims, Risk Management & Claims Prevention, Risk Management StrategiesRepairing errors in 2016 to head off claims
Timely efforts by LawPRO to “repair” errors committed by lawyers save the Ontario bar millions of dollars every year. To preserve these repair opportunities, lawyers should contact us as soon as it becomes clear that a mistake may have been made on a file. LawPRO successfully argues for rectification of a will provision A multi-million… Read More »
Categories: LAWPRO Errors and Omissions Coverage