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Hamilton lawyer recognized as one of province’s top litigators

With Institute quickly approaching the OBA is updating our payment process to be consistent with the rest of the CBA family.

The CBIA is excited to announce that, as a result of better than anticipated financial performance, in October 2013, CBIA Business Overhead Expense and Term Life certificate owners will share in over $8.8 million through a premium refund!

On September 25, 2013, the Commercial List Users Committee approved Recommendations pertaining to the use of disclaimer provisions in reports made to the court by CCAA monitors, receivers, trustees in bankruptcy, and similarly situated court officers. A copy of the Recommendations follow below.

Taking action on significant delays in obtaining motion dates and long trials was a focus of the Ontario Bar Association’s Fall Council meeting this weekend in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

The Ontario Bar Association on Tuesday night presented its 10th annual Award for Excellence in Civil Litigation to Hamilton lawyer John Evans.

I'm sitting in the office of John Evans, QC — in his chair, actually (he insists) — on the 15th floor of One King West, the big glass tower, and I can see your house from here.

In boyhood summers in Orillia, Evans played with Stephen Leacock, fuelling a lifelong passion for the power of storytelling.

TORONTO – John Evans, one of Ontario’s most experienced and respected civil litigation lawyers, is being honoured by the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) with a prestigious award.

For the first time in Ontario history, two high profile provincial law organizations have female presidents at the same time and both women are from Sarnia!