Personal Injury Lawyers in London
London is a single-tier municipality, so one clerk receives the 10-day notice. London is also a teaching hospital city with a designated trauma centre, which means the medical evidence in a serious claim is usually unusually well documented.
The lawyer on your file
Shawn Sidhu, Lawyer
You speak to a lawyer, not an intake desk. The first conversation is free, and if we do not think you have a claim we will tell you that too.
Deadlines that apply to you
These are the dates that end claims. Check them first.
If the injury happened on a municipal road or sidewalk and the claim is that it was not kept in repair, written notice must reach the municipality within 10 days.
Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, s. 44(10)
In most Ontario claims you have two years from the day you knew, or ought to have known, that you had a claim.
Limitations Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c. 24, Sched. B, s. 4
Injured in London
London is a single-tier city, so the municipal side is straightforward. One road authority, one clerk, one notice within 10 days.
The distinctive thing about a London file is the medicine. This is a teaching hospital city with a designated trauma centre and a research culture around it, and that produces medical records that are more detailed than what comes out of a community hospital. That cuts both ways. A well-documented injury is easier to prove, and it is also easier for an insurer's expert to pick apart. Either way the file is won or lost in those records.
Highway 401 and Highway 402 meet here, which means a share of the serious collision work involves long-haul traffic, out-of-province insurers, and commercial policies rather than ordinary auto coverage.
Get the full hospital file, not the summary
A teaching hospital produces far more detail than a community hospital. That detail helps prove the injury, and it gives an insurer's expert more to work with, so all of it needs reading.
Serve the City of London within 10 days
London is single-tier, so there is one road authority and one clerk to serve. The notice must be in writing and it must arrive inside the window.
Move fast if a commercial vehicle was involved
The 401 and 402 meet here, and a carrier will often have its own investigators at the scene the same day. Driver logs and vehicle data are preserved only if somebody asks for them in writing early.
The law is the same across Ontario. Who you serve is not.
London is a single-tier municipality. The City of London is the road authority for city streets and sidewalks, so notice under the Municipal Act goes to the City Clerk.
WRITTEN NOTICE GOES TO
- City Clerk, City of London
If the injury happened on a municipal road or sidewalk and the claim is that it was not kept in repair, written notice must reach the municipality within 10 days.
Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, s. 44(10)
Superior Court of Justice, London
80 Dundas Street, London
A London tort claim is issued in the Superior Court of Justice at London.
London Transit Commission
The London Transit Commission operates the city's buses as a separate corporate body, so an injury on an LTC vehicle is a claim against the Commission in its own name. The Commission is also the City's agent, so the safe course is to notify the City of London as well.
London Health Sciences Centre, Victoria Hospital
Victoria Hospital is the designated lead trauma centre for southwestern Ontario. Serious injuries from a wide surrounding area are treated and documented there.
Highway 401, Highway 402, Veterans Memorial Parkway
The 401 and the 402 meet at London, which puts long-haul commercial traffic on the same roads as local drivers and frequently brings commercial insurance policies into a claim.
What this costs you
We fight for the maximum compensation your claim will carry, and you do not pay a dollar unless we win.
Nothing up front. The consultation is free, we act on contingency, and we advance the costs of building the case so a claim is never held up by money. If we do not recover anything, you do not owe a fee.
- Free consultation, no obligation
- Not a dollar unless we win
- We advance disbursements
- Home and hospital visits across the GTA
Questions we get every week
The City of London. London is single-tier, so there is one road authority and one clerk. The notice must be in writing and reach the City within 10 days.
It usually changes who pays and how hard they fight. Commercial policies carry higher limits, and the carrier will often have its own investigators on the scene the same day. That makes early evidence preservation more important, not less.
The records are generally more detailed, which helps prove the injury. It also gives an insurer's expert more material to work with, so detailed records are an advantage only if somebody reads all of them properly.
No. The limitation period, the deductible, the tort threshold and accident benefits are provincial. What differs is the road authority, the courthouse and the hospital network.
Personal injury work we do in London
Car Accidents in London
After a car accident in Ontario you usually have two separate claims running at the same time: accident benefits from your own insurer regardless of who caused the crash, and a claim against the driver at fault.
Read moreAccident Benefits in London
Accident benefits are paid by your own auto insurer regardless of who caused the collision.
Read moreSlip and Fall in London
Slip and fall claims in Ontario carry notice deadlines far shorter than the usual two year limitation period.
Read moreLong-Term Disability in London
Most long-term disability denials in Ontario are not about whether you are ill.
Read moreCatastrophic Injury in London
In Ontario, a catastrophic impairment designation raises the combined medical, rehabilitation and attendant care limit from $65,000 to $1,000,000 and removes the time limit.
Read moreTraumatic Brain Injury in London
A traumatic brain injury can be severe and permanent while every scan comes back normal.
Read moreOther Ontario cities we act in
The limitation period, the statutory deductible and the tort threshold are provincial, so they are identical in every city here. What changes is who must be served inside the 10-day notice window, and that is decided by the city.
The lawyer on your file
A lawyer reads every enquiry. Not a form.
Send us what happened and Shawn Sidhu reads it himself, then replies the same business day. The first conversation is free and there is no obligation.
If we do not think you have a claim, we will tell you that too. You will know where you stand before you decide anything.
Shawn Sidhu, Lawyer
Called to the bar in British Columbia, 2013
University of British Columbia · University of Birmingham
- Free consultation, no obligation
- Not a dollar unless we win
- We come to you at home or in hospital
Your fight becomes ours the day you call us.
Consultations are free and there is no obligation. If we take the case you pay nothing unless we win, and if we think you do not have a claim we will tell you that too.
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