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ADAIR MORSE LLP is a civil litigation firm which specializes
in the following practice areas:
 MAJOR TORT LITIGATION
COMMERCIAL INSURANCE
PRODUCT LIABILITY
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
APPELLATE ADVOCACY
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
CLASS ACTIONS
LIBEL AND SLANDER
PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE
EMPLOYMENT LAW
ESTATE LITIGATION
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MAJOR TORT LITIGATION |
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| We have extensive experience representing clients in significant, complex, multi-party litigation encompassing negligence or other torts, including serious personal injury, fatality and dependency claims, public authority and occupier liability, civil sexual assault, and environmental and other mass torts.
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COMMERCIAL INSURANCE |
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| We regularly act for and against insurers in complex litigation relating to liability, coverage and bad faith denials under all forms of commercial insurance, including general liability, property, casualty, and special risks such as directors’ and officers’ liability.
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PRODUCT LIABILITY |
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| We have significant experience acting both for and against product designers, manufacturers, suppliers and distributors in litigation involving personal injury or economic losses arising from defective product design, product manufacture or negligent failure to warn of inherent risks.
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MEDICAL MALPRACTICE |
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| We effectively represent patients and their families or estates in cases of personal injury, or death arising from negligent diagnosis, intervention and treatment by doctors and other health care professionals or practitioners.
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APPELLATE ADVOCACY |
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| The firm has extensive experience in advocating clients’ interests on appeals of significant and complex factual and legal issues and has frequently appeared before appellate tribunals at all levels, including the Court of Appeal for Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada. |
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COMMERCIAL LITIGATION |
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| We act for businesses and individuals in a wide range of corporate and commercial matters including partnership; shareholder and corporate governance disputes; claims against directors and officers; breach of contract; enforcement of non-compete agreements; injunctions; and the protection of corporate opportunities, copyright, trademark and other intellectual property disputes.
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CLASS ACTIONS |
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| We defend complex class action proceedings in matters involving commercial loss, environmental and product liability, and personal injury.
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LIBEL AND SLANDER |
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| We prosecute and defend defamation claims including libel, slander and injurious falsehood claims.
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PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE |
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| We frequently act for clients in complex claims arising out of the negligence, breach of contract or breach of fiduciary duty of lawyers, medical professionals, financial advisors, accountants, insurance brokers, engineers, architects, and other professionals.
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EMPLOYMENT LAW |
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| We represent employers and individuals in all manner of employment-related disputes including wrongful dismissal, breach of employment contracts, severance, enforcement of former employees’ obligations including non-compete and related agreements, employment standards, human rights, occupational health and safety, and workers’ compensation, pension and benefits disputes.
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ESTATE LITIGATION |
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| We act for clients in disputes concerning wills and trusts, including their validity, interpretation and variation, undue influence claims, appointment and removal of trustees, passing of accounts, and claims for breach of trust. |
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