About Tim Lemieux
Tim Lemieux is the CPSR and Claims Analyst at LAWPRO. He investigates TitlePLUS title insurance claims, and analyses LAWPRO claims data to aid in the creation of the practicePRO initiative risk management presentations, articles and web content for lawyers.
Tim Lemieux's Posts
LAWPRO Magazine archive: Title insurance – separating fact from fiction
In just over a decade, title insurance has gone from a little-known development to a mainstay of real estate practice. In Ontario alone, title insurance is a $100 million a year industry: Between 1999 and 2009, the revenue of the major title insurers of Ontario grew 534 per cent. Not surprisingly it is estimated that… Read More »
Categories: Real Estate, The TitlePLUS Program & Title InsuranceAvoidaClaim wins a Clawbie for Best Practice Management blog
AvoidaClaim.com is pleased to be one of the winners of the 2015 Clawbies, which honour the best in Canadian law blogs. We won for Best Practice Management blog. This is the 10th anniversary of the Clawbies, created by Slaw.ca founder Steve Matthews to draw attention to Canadian law blogs and encourage more of us to… Read More »
Categories: AnnouncementsNew practicePRO resource: The family law malpractice claims fact sheet
With such a large amount of claims prevention information available in LAWPRO Magazine articles and practicePRO resources, we had the idea to create simple fact sheets that CPD providers and others could use in developing their program material for specific areas of law. The latest in our series of “malpractice claims fact sheets” covers family… Read More »
Categories: Family LawLAWPRO Magazine archive: Solo, small and large firms make the same errors
Without even trying, most lawyers could come up with dozens of ways in which big law firms are different from their small and solo firm counterparts. But despite all these differences, the most common malpractice errors at large, small and solo firms are virtually identical. This article illustrate the eight most common types of errors… Read More »
Categories: Biggest Claims RisksWhat to buy for the lawyer in your life, and some fresh thinking on firm Christmas cards
With a week to go until Christmas, this is the time for many procrastinators to start their panicked shopping trips. If you’ve got a lawyer on your list, and need some suggestions check out Monisha Yowell’s Tis the Season: Top 5 Gifts for the Lawyers in Your Life. The suggestions cover the techy, the traditional… Read More »
Categories: Law Practice ManagementCan you improve the “Contact us” page on your website?
What’s on your firm’s “Contact us” page? Is it just your phone number, address and maybe an initial intake email option? Erika Ritzer, writing in AttorneyAtWork.com says your page could be made much more inviting and dynamic; anything to make potential clients want to take the final step and get in touch. Below are some… Read More »
Categories: Practice Aids, TechnologyLawyers: Learn to speak with precision
Marsha Hunter, writing in AttorneyatWork (Stop “Rough Drafting” and Learn to Speak with Precision), asks why lawyers can teach themselves to write with great precision, but when it comes time to speak can often ramble on with run-on sentences, dangling prepositions and dead-end fragments of sentences. Three tips she gives to speak in a tighter,… Read More »
Categories: Communication ErrorsThings that go bump in the night: Disclosure of ghosts in Ontario
One of the stranger claims the TitlePLUS program has received over the years was for a haunted house. Unfortunately, while ghosts might cause sleepless nights they don’t affect the title to your property, so the situation wasn’t covered. But are the sellers of homes with a “stigma” required to disclose that to potential buyers in… Read More »
Categories: Real Estate