NEWSLETTER Fair Auto Compensation Committee finds favour/fault with legislative proposals OF THE CANADIAN BAR Highlights of their report follow: respond to the four legislative ASSOCIATION, In early September, ICBC Presiinitiatives, the Committee also dent Robyn Allan asked for the B.C. BRANCH Collateral Benefits: intends to respond to the CorBar's comment on four major poration's larger challenge of legislative proposals with these Initiatives that have the goal to ways to improve the current comments to be received by the eliminate overcompensation of automobile compensation sysend of September. After conpersons injured through the fault tem by making it less costly and sideration by the B.C. Branch of others, whether it be in motor yet adhering to the principle of vehicle or otherwise, is supportOct/Nov 1992 Executive, it was agreed that fairness. the Branch would cooperate ed by the Committee. However, and solicit comment from the it is the Committee's opinion that Members of the B.C. Branch Bar as well as a response from a the legislative proposal put forFair Automobile CompensaBranch Sub-Committee. Many ward by ICBC will not save montion Committee include: Don members responded directly ey for the Corporation. Rather, it Yule, John Ankemann, Nicole and the B.C. Branch's Fair Auwill result in the reimbursement Garson, Karl Warner, Rob tomobile Compensation ComPlease turn to page 8 Gourlay and Greg Steele. mittee also met this unrealisti. cally short timeline and provided a response. Volume 4 Number 6 Committee Chair Don Yule indicates that while their submission addressed the Corporation's immediate challenge to
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