The MacIsaac Team of lawyers
The MacIsaac Team of lawyers has over a thousand years of combined legal experience. Supporting our team of personal injury lawyers are para-legals, former senior insurance company employees and our in house former RCMP investigator. This team of experts sets us apart from other law firms.
We also have offices across BC and Alberta. We can represent you anywhere in B.C. and Alberta.
The 7 Reasons We are Confident We can Maximize Your Injury Claim are:
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Our Injury Lawyers are Experts in Personal Injury Law
It is important to have a lawyer who truly is an expert in personal injury law. Some lawyers who take personal injury claims are really civil litigators who take the odd personal injury claim but do not focus on personal injury law. The injury lawyers at the MacIsaac Group focus almost exclusively on personal injury law. Together they have over 275 years of personal injury law experience. They are aware of the current laws and issues that apply to your claim. For more on our personal injury click here.
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We have hired Senior ICBC Claim Experts to work on your ICBC claim
Two ICBC claim experts from ICBC have been hired to assist our injury lawyers with file preparation and with negotiating with ICBC. As far as we are aware, we are the only personal injury lawyers in British Columbia that have hired senior ICBC people to work with them against ICBC on your accident claim. For more on these ICBC experts click here. click here.
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We have a former Police Officer on staff to work on your accident claim
There are two advantages to this. First if we need a private investigator to work on your injury claim, there is no hesitation to getting the work done. Whereas other injury lawyers might not hire a private investigator to avoid the expense, at the MacIsaac Group there is no additional cost. Our private investigator is already on staff. Second, there is no potential conflict of interest. Insurance companies hire private investigators to spy on personal injury claimants. These private investigators can have divided loyalties. The MacIsaac Group private investigator works only for our personal injury lawyers. To learn more about our private investigator click here.
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We have developed key relationships with Doctors and Specialists
On many accident claims the claimant’s doctors can be reluctant to go to court or are not specialists. Our injury lawyers have developed key relationships with qualified doctors and specialists to ensure we have essential medical evidence to support and maximize your accident claim.
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The MacIsaac Group has 39 lawyers with over 1000 years of combined legal experience
When a novel legal problem arises on your accident claim, all of the lawyers are available to pool their wisdom and experience. When you retain a lawyer in the MacIsaac Group you avail yourself of the resources, wisdom, experiences, and talents of the entire Group.
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Our Personal Injury Lawyers never work for insurance companies – they only work for you
Some accident lawyers work both for and against the insurance companies. At the MacIsaac Group our personal injury lawyers work only for our personal injury clients. We are experts at plaintiff work and never have to worry about pleasing an insurance company.
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We only get paid if we are successful for you
Many with an accident claim cannot afford to pay an injury lawyer a large retainer and an hourly fee. On most accident claims we will agree to work on a contingency fee basis where we only get paid if you get paid. When we take an accident claim or ICBC claim on a contingency fee basis our fee is a percentage of what we recover for you. One feature that distinguishes the MacIsaac Group from a lot of other firms is that we pay all of the disbursements (expenses) incidental to pursuing personal injury claims. On many files, this runs into the tens of thousands of dollars. For more information see our Worried About Legal Fees page.
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Columbia Court of Appeal, the Federal Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court of British Columbia, the Federal Court Trial Division, the Albert Court of Queen’s Bench, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench, and provincial courts in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario. Whereas many lawyers practice for an entire career without having any decisions they were counsel on reported in paper law journals, Mr. Buckley has had several key cases reported as precedents.
TYPES OF INJURIES
Whiplash – Injuries to Spine
Some of the most common injuries that car and motor vehicle accidents cause is whiplash it’s a soft tissue injury to the neck and surrounding musculature and tissues.
Spinal Cord Injury
A spinal cord injury can occur as the result of a motor vehicle accident or other compensable accident, and may not always be apparent immediately following injury.
Soft Tissue Injuries
Often difficult to diagnose and treat these injuries can lead to painful, long lasting, and in some cases, permanent symptoms and limitation of function.
Psychological Injury
PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) depression, and/or anxiety, are common psychological conditions that can manifest following a traumatic experience.
Other Injury
Dog attacks and bites can cause serious physical injuries such as crushed or fractured bones, nerve damage, permanent scarring and risk of infection.
Head Injury
Head injury is any injury to the brain resulting in damage to the tissues of the brain that results in impairment of normal brain function.
Fractures and Orthopaedic Injuries
Bone fractures and orthopaedic injuries, are often sustained in motor vehicle accidents, falls or other personal mishaps.
Chronic Pain Syndrome
The term “Chronic pain” is usually used to define pain which has lasted longer than three to six months or beyond the usual time expected for recovery from an injury.
LEGAL SERVICES
Slip and Fall Injuries
There are a variety of methods of protecting oneself in the event of an incapacity, and to help and protect family members and friends who may be vulnerable or incapacitated
Pedestrian Accident
When vehicles and pedestrians interact on streets and highways pedestrians are vulnerable to serious injury when drivers fail to see them.
Occupiers liability claims
When you slip, or trip and fall it can result in serious injuries, if the fall is caused by unsafe or dangerous property conditions or poor maintenance, the person who is in control of the property may be responsible.
Motor Vehicle Accidents
A motor vehicle accident can happen to anyone at any time, and can result in unexpected physical and emotional injuries that can seriously disrupt a person’s life and livelihood.
Long Term Disability
Under BC law, you can plan in advance and appoint another person or persons to act on your behalf should you lose the mental capacity to make decisions for yourself
Insurance Claims
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Infant and Child Injuries
Infant and Child Injuries under the law in British Columbia, a child or person under the age of 19 is considered an “infant.”
How We Get Paid – Contingency Fee Agreement
ICBC will often speak about their own policies as if those policies are law. They’re not. Speaking to a personal injury lawyer about your rights and obligations is
Fatal Accidents
Fatal Accidents, (wrongful death) is a legal term used to describe the circumstances in which one the negligence of one person causes the death of another.
Cyclist Accidents
It is obvious that a bike rider involved in a collision with a motor vehicle can suffer serious injuries, even when properly wearing a helmet..
Compensation for your losses
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