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By Perry Armitage, Partner In BC physicians and healthcare professionals are obliged to keep accurate records of every patient visit. Typically, this “clinical history” contains the patient’s complaints along with the doctor’s examination findings, their observations, and their recommended treatment plan.   Additionally, medical professionals can use the clinical history to identify and initiate future courses of treatment. A person making a legal claim for benefits or losses arising from a disability or injury, known as a claimant, often uses the clinical history to establish the need for coverage or compensation.  Advancing such a claim will almost always require disclosure of

Whenever a physician or health-care practitioner meets with a patient they are obliged to keep records of that visit. These clinical records contain the patient’s subjective complaints along with a physician or health-care practitioner’s objective observations, assessments and the specifics of the treatment plan that is prescribed. Therefore, clinical records are often relevant in personal injury and insurance litigation cases and usually play an important role in the course of litigation. At trial, clinical records are admitted as evidence under the “business records” exemption of the Evidence Act. However, the courts in British Columbia have held that clinical records may

Committeeship is the authority granted by the Court which appoints one or more persons to attend to the personal and/or financial and legal affairs of an adult who is not capable of doing so (the “Patient”). This can occur because of lifelong issues, severe injuries from accidents, illnesses or the effects of aging. In British Columbia, committeeship is often required to assist individuals with aging parents who may no longer be mentally competent to care for themselves or to manage their own affairs. How Committeeship Works There are two basic methods for conferring adult guardianship through the process of committeeship.

These are extraordinary and unprecedented times that require all of us to band together, as one community, to help individuals and businesses through this storm. Information and updates are coming fast and furious and it can be challenging to keep up with the latest financial aid programs and emergency measures being taken by the banks to help curb the economic impact of COVID-19 to businesses. We have provided a list of resources below with links to websites that contain valuable information for small businesses on financial programs and assistance available at this time. Check back regularly as we will continue