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Colin completed his articles with a mid-sized insurance defence boutique in Toronto and has worked as an associate on both the Plaintiff and Defence sides of the personal injury industry. He has appeared before the Ontario Superior Court and has prepared materials for the Ontario Divisional Court and the Ontario Court of Appeal. Colin has experience with motor vehicle accident claims, including tort and accident benefits claims, occupiers' liability, medical malpractice, and long term disability disputes. 

Outside of law, Colin is passionate about physical training and philosophy. He trains regularly in Olympic weightlifting and mixed martial-arts, including Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai. He cultivates connections in his community and in Ontario more broadly, to encourage the betterment of people and the communities they live in. 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE 

Partner, Schultz Law Group LLP, Toronto (January 2024 - Present) 

Associate, Schultz Law Group LLP, Toronto (March 2021 - January 2024) 

Associate, Steinmetz & Associates, Toronto (April 2019 - March 2021)

Associate, Black Sutherland LLP, Toronto (June 2018 - April 2019)

Student-at-Law, Black Sutherland LLP, Toronto (July 2017 - June 2018)

 

EDUCATION

Year of Call: 2018

Juris Doctor, University of Western Ontario (2017) 

Bachelor of Arts, Ryerson University (2013)

 

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

Ontario Bar Association

Anderson v. Economical Insurance, 2024 ONLAT 22-011735/AABS
2024-03-05
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Golden v. Economical Mutual Insurance Company, 2024 ONLAT 22-000651/AABS
2024-02-27
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Majumder v. Sonnet Insurance Company 2024 ONLAT 23-005475/AABS-PI
2024-02-07
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Saab v. Economical Mutual Insurance Company, 2023 ONLAT 21-012807AABS
2023-10-25
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For anyone who gets an argument from opposing counsel about deficient notice letters, check out this decision. Not only does it reiterate the well established principle that insurers are not doctors, and their notice letters do not need to be perfect. This decision also held that insurers do not need to “refer to specific pieces of evidence” in their denial letters.
21-007004/AABS Brounilnta Retezepai vs. Economical Insurance Company
2023-09-13
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The Applicant claimed to have a diagnosis of a concussion but the LAT agreed that the “?” next to the word concussion meant there was no diagnosis.
The Duty of Utmost Good Faith
by Colin MacDonald 2022-04-12
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<p>This paper on the duty of utmost good faith in the context of auto insurance and accident benefits is to be published in the Oatley McLeish Guide for Motor Vehicle Accidents. The paper outlines the legal history of this duty, beginning with Smith v. Cooperators and proceeding to more recent cases such as Tomec v. Economical. </p> <p>It also addresses the manner in which the duty cuts both ways, with the establishment of the independent actionable wrong principle from Whiten v. Pilot, and the possibility for insureds to pay punitive damages to insurers when they breach this duty, such as in RBC General Insurance v. Field. </p> <p>The paper discusses the consumer protection purpose of accident benefits legislation in Ontario, and provides a primer on the impact of self-representation by insured persons. </p> <p>It was authored by Kadey B.J. Schultz, and Colin MacDonald, and presented at the Osgoode Certificate in Motor Vehicle Accident Law and Practice: Tort and Accident Benefits Conference on April 12, 2022</p> <p> </p>
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Costs: What You Need to Know2024-02-09Toronto

Strategic Use of Rule 49 Offers: and other resources under the Rules
                        Colin MacDonald, Schultz Law Group LLP

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Defending Accident Benefits Claims: A Crash Course2023-06-09Toronto

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Priority and Loss Transfer Across Provincial and International Borders
by Colin MacDonald 2023-12-21
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