TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2026--
Oatley Vigmond LLP has once again been recognized by Canadian Lawyer as one of Canada’s Top Personal Injury Boutiques, reinforcing the firm’s longstanding reputation for catastrophic injury litigation, trial advocacy, and client representation across Ontario. Oatley Vigmond has earned this distinction every year since Canadian Lawyer first published the ranking in 2011, marking 15 consecutive years of recognition among Canada’s leading personal injury law firms.
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The annual ranking by Canadian Lawyer highlights personal injury firms across Canada that demonstrate excellence in trial results, legal advocacy, client service, and leadership within the profession. Oatley Vigmond has appeared on the list every year since the publication first introduced the designation in 2011.
“This recognition reflects the work our team does every day on behalf of seriously injured people and their families,” said Troy Lehman, Partner at Oatley Vigmond. “Our firm has always believed that thorough preparation and a willingness to take difficult cases to trial are essential to achieving meaningful outcomes for clients.”
Oatley Vigmond focuses exclusively on personal injury law and represents individuals and families in complex litigation involving catastrophic injuries, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, medical malpractice, wrongful death claims, and motor vehicle accidents throughout Ontario.
The firm has been involved in several landmark personal injury cases in Canada, including securing the largest spinal cord injury judgment in Canadian history through a damages award exceeding $24 million for two catastrophically injured plaintiffs.
Among other significant outcomes:
In addition to its litigation practice, Oatley Vigmond maintains an in house Accident Benefits Specialists team composed of former insurance professionals who assist clients with treatment funding, attendant care, rehabilitation access, and income replacement claims immediately following serious accidents.
The firm’s lawyers and practice groups continue to receive national recognition across the legal industry. In the 2026 Best Law Firms™ Canada rankings, Oatley Vigmond earned:
Oatley Vigmond serves clients across Ontario through offices in Barrie, Toronto, Hamilton, Sudbury, and North Bay. The firm represents individuals injured in car accidents, motorcycle accidents, truck accidents, pedestrian accidents, cycling collisions, boating accidents, slip and fall incidents, and medical negligence claims.
Founded more than four decades ago, Oatley Vigmond has built a reputation as one of Ontario’s leading trial focused personal injury law firms, advocating exclusively for injured individuals and their families.
About Oatley Vigmond LLP
Oatley Vigmond LLP is an Ontario personal injury law firm representing individuals and families in catastrophic injury, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and insurance litigation claims. The firm serves clients across Ontario and is recognized nationally for trial advocacy and complex personal injury litigation.
Oatley Vigmond LLP has once again been recognized by Canadian Lawyer as one of Canada’s Top Personal Injury Boutiques for 2026, marking the firm’s 15th consecutive year on the national ranking since the list was first introduced in 2011. The recognition highlights Oatley Vigmond’s longstanding leadership in catastrophic injury litigation, trial advocacy, spinal cord injury claims, traumatic brain injury cases, medical malpractice, and complex personal injury law across Ontario. Featured on the Spring 2026 cover of Canadian Lawyer Magazine, the firm continues to be recognized for achieving landmark verdicts, delivering exceptional client advocacy, and maintaining a trial first approach that drives meaningful results for seriously injured individuals and families throughout Canada.
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government faces a prolonged period of uncertainty after a week of maneuvering within the governing Labour Party failed to oust Prime Minister Keir Starmer but started the clock on a leadership contest that could last well into the summer.
Although Starmer vowed to fight on after a bruising week in which one Cabinet member resigned, dozens of lawmakers called for the prime minister to quit and his new policy proposals were largely ignored, some observers believe it’s only a matter of time before he steps aside.
The message of the past week “is that Labour seems to have made up its mind that Keir Starmer is going to have to go,” said Tim Bale, a professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London. “And he’s going to have to go reasonably quickly, and he’s going to have to be replaced by someone who can, unlike him, connect with the public.”
Weeks of speculation about Starmer ’s future broke into open rebellion Thursday when Health Secretary Wes Streeting resigned in preparation for a possible a leadership bid and the mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, declared his intention to return to Parliament. Former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner announced she had cleared up a tax issue that forced her to resign from the Cabinet last year, thus freeing her up as well.
Starmer is under growing pressure to step down after Labour pe rformed dismally in local and regional elections last week, hemorrhaging votes to both the anti-immigrant Reform UK party on the right and the Green Party on the left. The electoral drubbing cemented doubts among many party members about Starmer’s judgment, vision and leadership less than two years after he led Labour to a landslide victory.
But the potential contest to unseat him is on hold for now as the party waits to see if Burnham can win a special election for a seat in Parliament that would allow him to enter the race. If he returns to the House of Commons, Burnham is widely expected to challenge Starmer.
On Friday, Labour's executive body approved Burnham to run for the seat that became available when a Labour lawmaker resigned to make way for the Greater Manchester mayor. That election is expected to be in the next five or so weeks.
As and when a challenge to Starmer emerges, Labour’s National Executive Committee will set the timetable for any leadership election. The most recent contest lasted three months.
The government’s borrowing costs rose Friday and the pound weakened on investor concern about continued disarray in Westminster. The pound has dropped 1.3% against the U.S dollar this week.
Housing Secretary Steve Reed on Friday appealed to party members to step back from the brink of a divisive leadership contest that he said would prevent the government from tackling issues like the cost of living crisis and bolster the prospects of Reform UK.
“This weekend people just need to take a breath, look at what’s gone wrong this week, and come back next week ready to do what we said we’d do — country first, party second — and focus on delivering the change we were elected to deliver,” he told the BBC.
That plea came after a week of political jockeying that overshadowed everything else in Westminster.
The infighting reached a crescendo on Thursday morning when Streeting resigned. While praising Starmer’s “courage and statesmanship” in international affairs, Streeting said he had lost confidence in the prime minister’s leadership because of missteps on domestic issues.
“Where we need vision, we have a vacuum. Where we need direction, we have drift,” Streeting wrote in a stinging resignation letter.
“Leaders take responsibility, but too often that has meant other people falling on their swords,” he added. “You also need to listen to your colleagues, including backbenchers, and the heavy-handed approach to dissenting voices diminishes our politics.”
Streeting stopped short of putting himself forward as the best candidate to lead the party at the next general election, suggesting Starmer should step aside to allow a “broad” field of candidates to debate the future of the party.
That seemed to be a nod to Burnham, a former Cabinet minister who left Parliament in 2017 to run for mayor of Greater Manchester. Burnham has been looking for a way to return to the House of Commons so he can challenge Starmer for the top job.
Josh Simons, a Labour lawmaker from Northern England, provided that opening on Thursday by resigning his seat explicitly to make way for Burnham. But that was only the first step for Burnham. Before he can return to Westminster, Burnham must win a special election to represent Makerfield, a community where Reform UK posted strong results in last week’s local elections.
Burnham acknowledged those challenges on Thursday when he announced his candidacy for the seat.
“I truly do not take a single vote for granted and will work hard to regain the trust of people in the Makerfield constituency, many of whom have long supported our party but lost faith in recent times,” he said in a statement.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets police officers to discuss operational planning, in London, Friday, May 15, 2026. (Peter Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)
From left, Commander Clair Haynes, Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan meet police officers to discuss operational planning, in London, Friday, May 15, 2026. (Peter Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)
From left, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Commander Clair Haynes, and Commissioner Mark Rowley meet police officers to discuss operational planning, in London, Friday, May 15, 2026. (Peter Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)
Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, listens to Commander Clair Haynes during a meeting police officers to discuss operational planning, in London, Friday, May 15, 2026. (Peter Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)
FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner and Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham meet with school children at a primary school in Ashton-under-Lyne, north-west England, Monday April 13, 2026. (Paul Ellis/Pool Photo via AP, File)
