Bonnie Clarke
She/her/hers
Bonnie Clarke provides representation to clients on a wide variety of commercial and civil litigation matters including tort, accident benefits, disability-related matters, negligence, occupiers’ liability, commercial contracts, real estate, employment, property and commercial liability.
Bonnie Clarke provides representation to clients on a wide variety of commercial and civil litigation matters including tort, accident benefits, disability-related matters, negligence, occupiers’ liability, commercial contracts, real estate, employment, property and commercial liability.
Bonnie Clarke provides representation to clients on a wide variety of commercial and civil litigation matters including tort, accident benefits, disability-related matters, negligence, occupiers’ liability, commercial contracts, real estate, employment, property and commercial liability.
Bonnie is passionate about advocacy and regularly appears before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Small Claims Court.
In law school, Bonnie was a Supervisor with the Community Legal Services clinic. She appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice, the Ontario Small Claims Court, the Landlord and Tenant Board and the Criminal Injuries and Compensation Board. Bonnie also delivered a series of Public Legal Education workshops in the London Community.
In addition to several finalist finishes in internal moot court competitions at Western, she was also a finalist at the national Gale Cup Moot competition in 2015 and student coach/advisor to the 2016 Western Law Gale Cup team.
Prior to attending law school, Bonnie was employed as a consultant with a leading immigration law firm in downtown Toronto.
Bonnie originally hails from Stratford, Ontario and has a love of Shakespeare and theatre. Bonnie enjoys yoga, cycling, softball, Jeopardy and cooking in her spare time.
- Bodily Injury Defence
- Coverage Opinions/Disputes
- Accident Benefits/License Appeal Tribunal (LAT)
- Loss Transfer and Priority Disputes
- Subrogation
- Occupiers’ Liability
- Commercial Host Liability
- Sport and Recreation Liability
- Products Liability
- Real Estate Litigation
- Commercial Contracts, Debtor/Creditor and Secured Transactions
- Property and Commercial General Liability
- Professional Negligence / Errors & Omissions
- Canadian Bar Association
- Ontario Bar Association
- Toronto Lawyers Association
- The Advocates’ Society
- Young Insurance Professionals of Toronto
-
Ji Lei Zheng vs. Unifund Assurance Company, 18-009277/AABS
The License Appeal Tribunal (“LAT”) found that the claimant did not discharge his onus to prove that his injuries fell outside of the MIG despite suggestions of chronic pain and psychological impairments. The LAT also found that the claimant had not satisfied his onus to prove that he meets the test for Non-Earner Benefit. The claimant did not suffer from a complete inability to carry on a normal life. His pain did not prevent him from engaging in activities such as his schooling or completing a workday sitting at his desk. Although not required, the claimant failed to produce affidavit or viva voce evidence to speak to the Heath factors and there was no evidence to overcome the difficult test to warrant entitlement to an NEB.