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Everything we know, before you owe us anything.
These are the pages we would send a family member. They are long because the subject is, and they include the things a marketing department would advise us to leave out — like when a claim is not worth running, and the fourteen questions you should ask any firm before you sign with them.
Read them before you talk to anyone. Including us.
The first 72 hours after an injury
Almost nothing that happens in the first three days feels legal. It feels medical, administrative and exhausting. But the decisions made in this window shape the claim more than anything a lawyer does in year two.
8 min read →How to actually choose an injury lawyer
The fourteen questions that separate firms, why online rankings tell you almost nothing, and what to read in a retainer before you sign it.
11 min read →MoneyContingency fees, disbursements and what actually lands in your account
How "no win, no fee" really works in Canada — the percentage, the costs beneath it, and the arithmetic nobody shows you until the end.
10 min read →MoneyHow injury claims are actually valued
The heads of damages Canadian claims are built from, why the "pain and suffering" figure is capped, and what genuinely moves the number.
9 min read →EvidenceWhat the insurer is doing while you recover
Recorded statements, early offers, medical assessments, surveillance and delay — the standard playbook, explained without hysteria.
9 min read →DeadlinesThe deadlines that quietly end claims
Limitation periods are the ones people know about. Notice requirements measured in days are the ones that actually catch people.
8 min read →EvidenceThe paper trail that decides your case
Your medical record is the case. What makes documentation persuasive, what makes it useless, and the habits that are worth real money.
7 min read →When you've read enough
At some point, reading stops helping.
Ten minutes of intake and you'll have a name, the reasoning, and a straight answer about where you stand.
Start your intake →