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ON TRIAL

By Geoff Adair

Drawing upon his vast litigation and trial experience Geoff Adair published the first edition of “On Trial” in 1992 to assist members of the legal community and students effectively prepare for and conduct a trial. Now in its second edition, “On Trial” continues to be an invaluable resource for litigators and judges alike.

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ADAIR MORSE LLP, one of Canada’s leading specialty law firms of expert trial lawyers, is led by two of the country’s foremost trial counsel, Geoff Adair and Jerome Morse, each an elected Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and each identified by their peers (as noted in LEXPERT www.lexpert.com)

Adair Morse LLP is a civil litigation firm which specializes in a wide range of practice areas including the following:

		Major tort litigation
		Commercial insurance
		Products liability
		Medical malpractice
		Appellate advocacy
		Commercial litigation
		Class actions
		Libel and slander
		Professional negligence
		Employment law
		Estate litigation

June 2008

Jerome Morse and Agape Lim are the Adair Morse LLP lawyers who represent the plaintiffs in an intended class action initiated on June 12, 2008. The proposed representative plaintiffs, Fairview Donut Inc. and Brule Foods Ltd., are franchisees of Tim Hortons in Ontario.

June 2008

Jerome Morse and Lori Stoltz are the Adair Morse LLP team that is co-counsel with Fancy Barristers P.C. who represent the plaintiffs in an intended class action initiated on June 9, 2008. In this action, Peter Dennis and his wife, Zubin Noble, have put themselves forward as representative plaintiffs to seek compensation for all compulsive gamblers in Ontario and the United States who signed self-exclusion agreements with the OLGC from December 1, 1999 to February 10, 2005 to be denied access to gambling venues in Ontario but were nonetheless allowed access to gamble at these venues where they sustained significant losses now sought to be recovered.

For further information, see the website that pertains to the proposed class action: www.problemgamblerslawyer.com.

May 2008

McNeil v. Brewers Retail Inc. et al., [2008] O.J. No. 1990 (C.A)

April 2008

Geoff Adair was recently presented with the Award of Excellence in Insurance Litigation by the Insurance Law Section of the Ontario Bar Association at their Annual dinner on April 23rd, 2008.

April 3, 2008

Geoffrey D. E. Adair, Q.C. delivered a lecture on "Legal Principles Governing Appellate Intervention" at the Annual Law Society of Upper Canada's special lecture series. A published copy of the speech will be available from the LSUC at a later date.

April 2008

Jerome Morse recently spoke at the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association CLE in Marco Island. Over the period April 1 - 3rd, Jerome presented "Final Reports: What An Expert Needs to Know"; "Shortening the Process II"; and "Damages Assessment: The Times They Are A Changing".

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Adair Morse LLP is a team of experienced lawyers with a diversified background and a common commitment to excellence with proven results for their clients.