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...
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Mark McCourt - Founder of McCourt Law Offices
Apr 4, 20233 min read
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...
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Mark McCourt - Founder of McCourt Law Offices
Mar 3, 20234 min read
People Over Profits
Alberta’s automobile insurance industry is swimming in record-high windfall profits in the billions of dollars largely due to the...
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Mark McCourt - Founder of McCourt Law Offices
Feb 1, 20233 min read
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...
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Mark McCourt - Founder of McCourt Law Offices
Jan 4, 20232 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20224 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20204 min read
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, 20205 min read
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, 20204 min read
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, 20204 min read
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, 20204 min read
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, 20203 min read
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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