Open Letter to UCP Caucus re: No-Fault
This letter is written by Mark McCourt , and is further to his most recent guest columns this month in the Calgary Herald and Edmonton...
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Are you looking for legal help related to your personal injury? Visit McCourt Law Offices in Edmonton. For over 25 years, we have been helping car crash victims get the justice they deserve. Our experienced team of injury and accident lawyers has successfully assisted clients with different personal injuries. You can read our blog to keep yourself updated with matters relating to personal injury laws and regulations.
Mark McCourt - Founder of McCourt Law Offices
Oct 11
Victims First, Premier Smith: Say No to Tory Tort Deform
“If insurance reform is going to work for regular Albertans, preserving the rights and interests of victims must be the starting point.”...
Mark McCourt - Founder of McCourt Law Offices
Oct 1
The Minor Injury Regulation 20 Years Later
The Minor Injury Regulation (MIR) was implemented on October 1, 2004 by the Alberta government under Premier Ralph Klein. The Finance...
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Sep 3
Protect Your Rights After a Car Accident in Edmonton
The aftermath of a car accident can be overwhelming. Between dealing with injuries, repairs, and insurance claims, it's easy to feel lost...
Mark McCourt - Founder of McCourt Law Offices
Aug 1
Auto Insurance Reform: Made-in-Alberta Solutions
Today's blog post expands on Mark McCourt's guest column published in yesterday's Calgary Herald. Automobile insurance liability coverage...
Mark McCourt - Founder of McCourt Law Offices
Jul 4
Sprains, Strains and Automobiles
"The province should drop all proposals to cap compensation... it should find other cost savings that can be more easily, and fairly,...
Mark McCourt - Founder of McCourt Law Offices
Jun 10
Minister Horner, Don't Rip Away Albertans' Rights. Trim Excess Insurer Profits!
As noted in Guest Columns published last month in the Edmonton Journal and the Calgary Herald, for a limited time only the Alberta...
Mark McCourt - Founder of McCourt Law Offices
May 31
Have Your Say On Auto Insurance
Over the past dozen months, our illustrious firm founder and principal counsel has penned a number of Guest Columns on the issue of auto...
Mark McCourt - Founder of McCourt Law Offices
Apr 1
April 1, 2027: Purple Reign -- Nenshi New Alberta Premier!
This was the last thing United Conservative Party leader Danielle Smith wanted to see happen, and on her birthday of all days! After...
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Mar 7
Navigating the Legal Process: How an Accident Lawyer in Edmonton Can Help You
Have you recently suffered an accident in Edmonton? Navigating the complexities of personal injury law and the legal implications of an...
Mark McCourt - Founder of McCourt Law Offices
Feb 2
Truth, Whole Truth and Nothing But Truth
In 1974, the Canadian Bar Association passed a resolution still in place today: “Be it resolved that the right of an individual to...
Mark McCourt - Founder of McCourt Law Offices
Jan 2
Lies, Damn Lies and Insurance Lobby Talking Points
For the past few years (basically since the Jason Kenney administration sent car insurance premiums skyrocketing by removing the rate...
Mark McCourt - Founder of McCourt Law Offices
Dec 1, 2023
Car Crash Injury? Don’t Delay, Call Today!
You've just been injured by a reckless driver and have taken photos of that driver's license, vehicle registration, and insurance pink...
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Nov 7, 2023
Long-Term Effects of Whiplash After a Car Accident
It takes only seconds for a peaceful car ride to turn into a catastrophe. In 2021, over 8,000 people experienced serious injuries from...
Mark McCourt - Founder of McCourt Law Offices
Oct 10, 2023
Open Letter to the Justice Minister of Alberta
To the Honourable Mickey K. Amery KC, Minister of Justice: Mickey, it's been abundantly evident for the past two decades that the path...
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Sep 29, 2023
What to Do If You Have Been in a Car Accident in Alberta
You're cruising down the open road, listening to your favourite song, when suddenly you experience a jarring crash. Your day just took an...
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Sep 1, 2023
Top Tips for Choosing an Injury Lawyer in Edmonton
There are more than 10,000 lawyers who practice law across the province of Alberta. Choosing the right injury lawyer to represent you is...
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Aug 1, 2023
5 Actions You Can Take to Support Your Injury Claim
Suffering an injury due to someone else's negligence can be a distressing experience, both physically and emotionally. An injury can...
Mark McCourt - Founder of McCourt Law Offices
Jul 20, 2023
Submission to AIRB 2023 Annual Review
Each year, Alberta's Automobile Insurance Rate Board (AIRB) reviews submissions from its own actuary, from the board's Consumer...
Mark McCourt - Founder of McCourt Law Offices
Jun 1, 2023
Insurance Lobby Game Plan: Enhancing Unfairness, Expanding Profit
Congratulations to Premier Danielle Smith and the United Conservative Party, chosen by Albertans as our provincial government in a vote...
Mark McCourt - Founder of McCourt Law Offices
May 1, 2023
A May Day Message from Mark McCourt
Hooray, hooray, it’s the first of May! The snow has melted, the birds are chirping, and the writ has dropped to start an Alberta election...
Mark McCourt - Founder of McCourt Law Offices
Apr 4, 2023
Support Ordinary Albertans, Not Ontario-Based Insurance Lobbyists
The powerful auto insurance lobby was well positioned for the Alberta election that occurred four years ago, in April of 2019. The...
Mark McCourt - Founder of McCourt Law Offices
Mar 3, 2023
People Over Profits
Alberta’s automobile insurance industry is swimming in record-high windfall profits in the billions of dollars largely due to the...
Mark McCourt - Founder of McCourt Law Offices
Feb 1, 2023
Sorry UCP, We’ve Seen This Movie Before
Late last month, about three weeks after our firm’s New Year’s blog post calling on the United Conservative government to direct the Auto...
Mark McCourt - Founder of McCourt Law Offices
Jan 4, 2023
Time for a New Year’s Auto Insurance Premium Haircut?
Insurance lobbyists who had deftly gerbilled their way into Jason Kenney’s inner sanctum enjoyed great success during his brief reign as...
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Nov 10, 2022
Our Firm Gets Results, and We Earn Our Pay. Don’t Settle For Less!
The late, great U of A Law Prof Len Pollock QC used to warn future lawyers in his Civil Pro class that “the client is the enemy.”...
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Sep 14, 2022
Court of King's Bench Ruling on PJI In Line With McCourt Legal Opinion
In the first ever civil litigation decision rendered by the Alberta Court of King's Bench (because before Queen Elizabeth II's passing...
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Jun 13, 2022
Double Trouble for Auto Insurers: Two McCourts Are Better Than One!
What follows is the transcript of a successful ceremonial court application by Mark McCourt on June 10, 2022 in Alberta’s Court of...
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Mar 1, 2022
Direct Compensation Property Damage: What You Need to Know
On January 1, 2022, the UCP government under Premier Jason Kenney and Finance Minister Travis Toews obediently checked off yet another...
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Dec 15, 2021
Practicing Personal Injury Law in a Pandemic
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc in 2020 and 2021, killing some approximately 3,300 Albertans, 30,000 Canadians and over 5 million men, women...
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Sep 1, 2021
COVID-19 Vaccine Passports: Become One of MLO’s VIP Clients!
In a blog post last year, McCourt Law Offices (MLO) discussed the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the associated...
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Jun 21, 2021
Assessing the 2020 Minor Injury Regulation Amendment
Last year, in a position paper titled "Driving Change: Auto Insurance that Works", the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) lobbied Premier...
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Mar 29, 2021
Pre-judgment Interest on General Damages After Bill 41
Since 1984, section 4 of the Judgment Interest Act has set pre-judgment interest on non-pecuniary (general) damages at 4% per year from...
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Jan 4, 2021
Submission to the Top Secret Tory Tort Deform Task Force
Dear TSTTDTF, Happy New Year! Last month, you (along with Justice Minister Kaycee Madu QC and muzzled MLA/injury lawyer Mickey Amery)...
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Dec 15, 2020
Dear Travis: Stop It.
To: Treasury Board & Finance Minister Travis Toews cc. Justice Minister Kaycee Madu QC and UCP MLAs Mickey Amery, Jason Stephan, Pete...
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Dec 1, 2020
No Fault? No Thanks, Even if You Slap a Bogus “Choice” Label On It.
Earlier this year, our firm thanked Premier Jason Kenney, Justice Minister Kaycee Madu and United Conservative Party MLAs for respecting...
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Nov 2, 2020
Thank You Minister Madu for Insisting that Auto Insurance Changes Comply With Principles of Justice!
McCourt Law Offices has previously expressed our gratitude to Premier Kenney and UCP MLAs for insisting that justice for innocent...
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Oct 1, 2020
Coping with Chronic Pain
Chronic pain can result from injuries caused in a car, pedestrian, bicycle, or motorcycle accident. Edmonton lawyers at our firm have...
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Sep 1, 2020
Concussion and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Explained
Motor vehicle accidents are a leading cause of traumatic brain injuries. Head impacts, sudden jolts, and whiplash movements that cause...
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Aug 4, 2020
Social Media and Your Personal Injury Claim
Many people use social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, or Twitter on a daily basis. Few people realize that...
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Jul 6, 2020
Thank you Premier Kenney for Protecting Albertans Under Attack from Insurance Lobbyists!
Currently under long-established tort law principles, Albertans injured by careless drivers have the FREEdom to recover 100% full and...
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Jul 2, 2020
Alberta’s Standard Auto Policy: As easy as A, B, C
If you have been injured in a car accident, you will undoubtedly have questions about insurance claims. What accident benefits are...
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Jun 22, 2020
UCP MLAs, Thank You for Protecting the Rights of Innocent Injured Albertans!
Victims’ rights advocates know all too well the old adage that there are lies, damned lies, and insurance lobby talking points: “We, the...
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Jun 15, 2020
Retaining Counsel in a Dangerous Time
You’ve been injured in an auto accident caused by a reckless driver and, to add insult to injury, a deadly global pandemic means that...
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Jun 1, 2020
Insurance Lobby Contrived Crisis Campaign 2.0: It’s Deja Vu All Over Again!
United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney had barely been sworn in as Premier of Alberta last year when well-connected Tory insiders...
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May 15, 2020
A Call to Action: Albertans, Your Rights are Under Attack
Currently under Alberta’s “tort law” system, an Albertan left in chronic pain because of a careless motorist is entitled to 100% full and...
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May 1, 2020
Open Letter to UCP MLAs regarding the Auto Insurance Advisory Committee
Dear UCP Caucus, As a victims’ rights advocate for nearly three decades, I was disappointed when Alberta Treasury Board & Finance’s...
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Apr 21, 2020
Edmonton Lawyers Discuss Marijuana-Impaired Driving and Car Accidents
Edmonton lawyers at McCourt Law Offices help car accident victims who have been injured by impaired drivers. It is well known and widely...
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Mar 31, 2020
Submission to Alberta's Auto Insurance Advisory Committee
Last month, McCourt Law Offices emailed the Alberta government’s Auto Insurance Advisory Committee a written submission advocating on...
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Mar 2, 2020
What to Expect During the Injury Claim Process
While each personal injury claim is unique, there are certain similarities in the conduct of most motor vehicle accident injury actions...
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