- Journalist-Confidential Source Privilege May Exist In Canada by Lorne Honickman, Toronto Law Journal, May 31, 2010
- Professional Liability and the Financial Advisor by Howard Borlack and Laurie Murphy, Ontario Bar Association, February 16, 2010
PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY
- Accident Benefits
- Animal Law
- Appeals
- Bankruptcy and Insolvency Litigation
- Civil Fraud Recovery
- Class Actions
- Commercial & Business Litigation
- Construction Law
- Criminal, Regulatory & Administrative Law
- Debt Collection and Recovery
- Defamation & Reputation Management
- Directors & Officers Liability
- Employment Law
- Energy Law
- Environmental Liability
- Family Law
- General Casualty & Special Risks
- Health, Life & Disability Insurance
- Human Rights, Harassment & Abuse
- Insurance Coverage
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Landlord and Tenant
- Malpractice & Health Care Litigation
- Marine Law
- Mediation, Arbitration & ADR
- Municipal Liability
- Not For Profit and Charity
- Personal Injury
- Police Services
- Privacy Law & Investigations
- Products Liability
- Professional Liability
- Property Insurance
- Risk Management Services
- Sports, Recreation & Resort Liability
- Subrogation
- Transportation Law
Practice Areas
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Professionals today face tremendous pressure from demanding clients. The news media frequently carry stories about large errors and omissions (E&O) claims brought against professionals who were "only trying to do their jobs".
At McCague Borlack LLP, we respect the hard work of our professional clients, and strive to protect their reputations while minimizing their financial exposure.
Our Toronto law firm’s Professional Liability Group has experience in all aspects and phases of professional liability issues, ranging from risk management through to dispute resolution. We have represented professionals in numerous fields, including:
- Accountants and Auditors
- Adjusters
- Architects
- Chiropractors
- Directors and Officers
- Engineers
- Financial Planners/Advisors
- Health Care Practitioners
- Home Inspectors
- Insurance Agents and Brokers
- Interior Design Professionals
- Lawyers
- Nurses
- Private Investigators
- Real Estate Agents and Brokers
- Receivers and Trustees
- Veterinarians
1. Litigation
We act on a full range of matters that involve professional liability exposures, including those involving design, manufacturing, construction, inspection, and maintenance errors, pollution exposures, disciplinary procedures, quasi-criminal allegations, inquests, employment practices, and libel and slander. Some of our files involve class actions that are extremely complex, with highly technical issues, voluminous documentary productions, and extensive damage claims.
2. Risk Management
We have given numerous “smell-the-coffee" seminars to our clients and professional organizations. We proactively assist in reviewing and drafting contract wordings and exculpatory clauses, and thereafter negotiate the wordings of contracts with the involved parties on given projects. We represent professionals in investigations and disciplinary hearings. Throughout, our skilled negotiators explore and utilize alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes to minimize the financial, reputational, and time impact of these processes on our clients. Finally, we also assist insurers in drafting policy wordings, special endorsements, and exclusions for their various program coverages.
416.860.0001 | 130 King Street, West | Suite 2700, P.O. Box 136 | The Exchange Tower | Toronto, Ontario, M5X 1C7