Why Choose Murray Miskin Law? Your FAQs Answered

We have three offices. Our main office is in Peterborough, at 351 Charlotte St. We also have offices in Toronto, at 100 King St. West, Suite 5600, and Oshawa, at 419 King Street West.

Our Peterborough and Oshawa offices are open Monday to Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. We will attend our Toronto office by appointment only. You can call us and leave a message any time of day, and someone will return your call the next business day. If necessary, we will travel to your home or the hospital to meet with you.

It is advised that you call us to make an appointment with a lawyer, regardless of which office you wish to meet at. This will ensure that a lawyer is available to meet with you, and allows us to obtain some preliminary information with respect to your case or matter to ensure that the meeting is as productive as possible. You may drop things off at our Peterborough and Oshawa offices during business hours.

Our Toronto and Oshawa offices are fully accessible. Lindsay is not. Our Peterborough office has a wheelchair ramp.

You have the option of filing a claim with WSIB, or allowing us to apply to Asbestos Trusts for compensation, but not both. Normally, we can recover a lot more compensation for you. Contact us and we can help you make a choice.

It can take anywhere from 3 months to a year to begin receiving compensation from Asbestos Trusts. Claims are processed faster if the injured person is alive than if they are deceased. If a claim is denied, we will file an appeal on your behalf, but this also takes more time. We can obtain compensation for you from up to 20 trusts, depending on your exposure.

If possible, get the other driver’s insurance and contact information, notify your insurance company, inform the police, take photos of the accident scene, and obtain the names and contact information of any witnesses. Use the Miskin Law sponsored Crash Companion App on your phone at the accident scene.

If you’re injured as a driver, passenger, cyclist or pedestrian, your auto insurer will pay for some treatment and other medical expenses, and some income loss if you’re off work, even if you were at fault. If the accident is the other driver’s fault and your injuries are sufficiently serious or you’ve suffered a substantial loss of income, you may bring a claim against the other driver for pain and suffering, income loss, a loss of housekeeping capacity, and out-of-pocket expenses.

No. We do not charge any upfront fees or expenses for handling your claim. Only if and when we obtain a settlement will we take a reasonable percentage on account of fees.

One will costs $400, plus tax. Two wills cost $600, plus tax. One power of attorney is $200, while two powers of attorney (for personal care and property) are $300, plus tax. If we prepare a will and power of attorney, or two types of power of attorney, there’s a $50 discount. If we prepare a will and two types of power of attorney, there’s a discount of $100. We do charge additional for complex Wills and where more than one will is needed by a person.