Liability Considerations in Surgical “Never Events” or Recognized Complication Cases
How surgical negligence claims succeed or fail. A 2026 OTLA Spring Conference paper on never events and recognized complication cases.
May 8, 2026
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Defining a Winning Business Strategy for Your PI Firm
How plaintiff PI firms build long-term strategy and growth. From the 2026 LIF webinar Defining a Winning Business Strategy for Your PI Firm.
March 25, 2026
The Business of PI: Boosting Success Through Strategy and Partnerships
How plaintiff-side PI practice works as a business: case screening, partnerships, and resourcing. From a 2024 Legal Innovation Forum panel.
October 3, 2024
Cross-Examining the Defence Expert at the OBA Anatomy of a Trial
How to cross-examine the defence expert and advance your case theory. From the 2024 OBA Anatomy of a Trial continuing professional development program.
June 13, 2024
Implementation notes: Causation in Claims of “Systemic” Medical Negligence: Levac v James
Composite card pairing the Medico-Legal Society of Toronto crest with the title Causation in Systemic Medical Negligence, on Paul Cahill’s navy brand panel.
May 2, 2024
From Start to Finish: How to Ensure Your Expert is Permitted to Testify at Trial
Paul Cahill’s Winter 2023/2024 Litigator article on finding the right expert, navigating Westerhof and the Mohan/White Burgess framework, and surviving defence challenges to expert evidence at trial.
January 15, 2024
Paul Cahill in The Litigator: Expert Witness Qualification at Trial
Paul Cahill’s article on expert witness qualification was published in the Winter 2023/2024 edition of The Litigator, OTLA’s flagship publication.
January 8, 2024
Bad Doctor or Bad Genes? Genetic Defences in Medical Malpractice
When can a defendant compel genetic testing in a medical malpractice claim? An analysis of Klinck v Dorsay and Preece v Nicholson from a 2023 OTLA paper.
October 27, 2023
Veran v Derbyshire: A Late Defence Motion for a Neuropsychological Examination
A defence motion for a neuropsychological assessment was refused eight years after the statement of defence in a complex pediatric malpractice case.
October 3, 2023
Teaching Medical Malpractice at Windsor Law
The essential evidence required to prove a medical malpractice claim in Ontario. From a 2023 guest lecture at the University of Windsor Faculty of Law.
February 6, 2023
Tales from the Trenches: Two Medical Malpractice Trials in 2022
Reflections on two medical malpractice trials in post-COVID Ontario, one jury and one judge-alone. From Gluckstein’s 2022 Risky Business CLE.
November 29, 2022
Literature, Medicine and the Law at a Medical Malpractice Trial
Where literature, medicine, and the law intersect at a medical malpractice trial in Ontario. From a 2022 OTLA medical malpractice conference panel.
September 23, 2022
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