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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On 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 CoverageHow LAWPRO stood up for lawyers in 2016
The great majority of claims reported to LawPRO are either abandoned, settled, or resolved through mediation or arbitration. But if we hope to preserve reasonable and fair limits on the scope of lawyers’ responsibilities, we must occasionally go to court. Our litigation track record is proof of our sound judgment about when to go to… Read More »
Categories: Civil Litigation, LAWPRO Errors and Omissions Coverage, Limitations ClaimsAre individuals acting as general counsel to their law firms required to have LAWPRO insurance?
While general counsel have been commonplace in corporate settings for years, it is now becoming more common for law firms to have someone working in a “general counsel” capacity. There is a wide variety in the types of work done by law firm general counsel. Among other things, it can involve advice on human resources… Read More »
Categories: LAWPRO Errors and Omissions CoverageReflections on Technology Changes in Real Estate Practice
Online real estate portals support client satisfaction, risk management, and profitability Facilitating transfers of real estate has been the bread-and-butter of thousands of Ontario lawyers for generations. Despite occasional market wobbles, real estate business has helped firms to flourish in communities of all sizes, often supporting the delivery of family, estates, commercial and even criminal… Read More »
Categories: Real Estate, TechnologyAlways up-to-date LTT and NRST Frequently Asked Questions
Last updated Feb 9/18 To help real estate lawyers take steps to comply with the recent changes to the Land Transfer Tax and the new Non-Resident Speculation Tax (NRST), LAWPRO created this page to provide answers to the questions we are hearing most frequently from Ontario lawyers. Thanks to an ongoing and helpful dialogue with… Read More »
Categories: Real EstateFrequently asked questions and a CPD program on the LTT and NRST changes
LAWPRO and other stakeholders have had discussions with the Ministry of Finance on some of the questions and issues raised by the changes to the Land Transfer Tax (LTT) and the new Non-Resident Speculation Tax (NRST). To assist the real estate bar, we are sharing information provided to us by representatives of the Ministry of… Read More »
Categories: Real Estate