Documented practice areas
Areas stated by the firm or publicly documented. This is not an assessment of competence, and MTLPages gives no legal advice.
Useful terms
- Appeal
- A proceeding in which a party asks a higher court to review a decision.
- Income replacement indemnity (IRI)
- A benefit paid by a public scheme to compensate a loss of income resulting from an injury or accident.
- Permanent impairment
- A lasting after-effect assessed under a compensation scheme, distinct from temporary incapacity.
- Consolidation (of an injury)
- A term used in compensation to designate the point at which a person's condition is considered medically stabilised.
- Bureau d'évaluation médicale (BEM)
- A Quebec body that issues medical opinions in certain compensation files.
- Medical assessment / expert medical examination
- An examination carried out by a physician at the request of a party or a body, to produce a written report.