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As a survivor of a very serious car accident, lawyer Lorenzo Oss-Cech knows the importance of focused client care and sound legal advice. Join us today as we take a preliminary look at the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia’s Enhanced Care system (or no fault system) that came into effect on May 1, 2021. This system was designed to increase client care and remove legal fees and other costs associated with motor vehicle accident claims decreasing costs to drivers. It also removed an individual’s right to sue and some think that puts injured and vulnerable people at risk. Whatever side you take, this is a quickly developing story that will be interesting to watch. As ICBC issued two cheques in recent months to drivers, the Supreme Court of British Columbia struck down as unconstitutional key provisions of the Civil Resolution Tribunal Act, and declared that it is unconstitutional for the government to simply re-assign the determination of accident claims to its own online tribunal...

I could have spent hours talking to this guy! Ever wonder about regulatory and other legal issues surrounding combat sports and how to navigate them? Me too! Join Erik Magracken and I, as we discuss: what a combat sports regulatory lawyer does, whether MMA and UFC fights are legal in Canada; protections for professional fighters who are potentially the most exploited athletes ever; the “Ali Act” and similar legislation; concussions and traumatic brain injury; and education, attitude, and safety in contact sports. That’s a lot. Erik is a personal injury and ICBC claims lawyer and combative sports regulatory lawyer, and is the managing partner at the law firm of MacIssac and Company in Victoria, British Columbia. His practice includes mainly plaintiff-only Personal Injury and Class Action Claims with a particular emphasis on claims involving orthopaedic injuries, complex soft tissue injuries, spinal cord injuries and brain injuries. His practice further includes navigating Combative S...