I take exception to the assertion in the Times Colonist editorial of 16 November 2019, “No-fault vehicle insurance is unpopular but could ease ICBC troubles”, that some 75,000 claims annually “may very well be exaggerated or outright bogus”. Even if that slur on the integrity of British Columbians were true, all of the judges and juries, […]
Just to be completely clear, for the first 34 years ICBC worked well. Everyone got compensated ‘fairly’ as happens with a tort system and rates increased on average of only .8% per year between 1998 and 2008. It was only after the gross mismanagement of ICBC between 2008 and 2016 that we saw the structural […]
The issue that is motivating elimination of the tort system today is the perception held by some that it is unnecessary and expensive. The point is valid only to the extent that the tort system is utilized to deal with obvious, short term income and treatment related losses that have usually already been perfected at […]
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Blame If you ever drive eastbound on the Barnett Highway, just by the cement factory on the Burnaby side, on your right you will see the carefully preserved colour photos of two young men, twins it looks like, cut down by a traffic accident. This memorial […]
INTRODUCTION The motivation for this memo comes from the recognition that ICBC is at a critical point in its history. Dramatic improvements to Corporate function are urgently required. It is hoped that the comments provided here will assist in identifying the problems and potential solutions. The good news is that such solutions are immediately attainable. […]
Since publication of the article Integration: The Next Step in Conflict Resolution in the summer edition of the Verdict, I have had several interesting conversations around the idea. In case you haven’t read the article, here is the executive summary:
In 1954 my father, with three weeks notice, was ordered away from his pregnant wife and six year old son, literally to the other side of the world, to serve for a year in one of the fledgling UN’s peacekeeping forces, known officially as the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Indochina. After eight […]
I did a mediation recently that was different in a couple of ways and that actually improved my view of us flawed human beings. It doesn’t happen often so I thought I would share it here. It was about an assault that began in a licensed premises. One young man (I’ll refer to as B) […]
Update: The editor received a letter in response to this – please click here to view it: Letter to the Editor Jim Hanson This article published in the Verdict, Summer Edition 2015 outlines a new process up for discussion. All views welcomed and published here on my blog. Nick Integration electronic version from the Verdict
This post originally appeared on MediateBCBlog.com as a third post in the “On Co-Mediation Series” http://www.mediatebcblog.com/2015/05/19/on-co-mediation-part-ii-by-nick-de-domenico/ In Part I, I expanded upon how the applicant (Ms Sainty) and I saw benefits in our partnership, confirmed our pairing and began the process of working with mediation parties in seeking their permission to proceed with a co-mediation […]