Profile
Amelia Leckey is a partner in the Toronto office. She was a summer student and also completed her articles with Miller Thomson LLP, returning to join the firm after being called to the Ontario Bar in February 2000.
Ms. Leckey’s practice focuses on all aspects of general insurance liability, with an emphasis on life and disability litigation. She also represents various professionals in negligence actions. Further Ms. Leckey handles product liability defences for clients such as small airplane engine manufactures, clothing manufacturers, and food product manufacturers. In addition she represents defendants in occupier’s liability, property damage and motor vehicle accident claims. She provides defences to municipalities and the Crown.
As part of her practice Ms. Leckey is required to attend both mandatory and private mediations. She has conducted arbitrations, appeared before various administrative tribunals. She has conducted trials and appeals on her own and has assisted as junior counsel.
Ms. Leckey is a frequent writer and presenter on issues affecting the insurance industry ensuring she is on top developments impacting her clients. She is committed to providing diligent, attentive and cost-effective service to her clients, including, among other things, ongoing knowledge sharing.
Education
- LL.B., University of Windsor, 1998
- B.A. (Hons), Queen's University, 1995
Memberships
- Member, The Advocates’ Society
- Member, Young Advocates’ Committee of The Advocates’ Society
- Member, Metropolitan Toronto Law Association
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Medico-Legal Society of Toronto
- Member, Research Ethics Board of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Presentations
- Late Notice, Limitation Periods and Delay, Miller Thomson Insurance Client Seminar, June 12, 2012
- The Impact of Delays in Communicating or Litigating with a Disability Insurer, Co-Presenter with Duncan McDuff of Sun Life Insurance, 5th Annual Disability Claims Management and Litigation Conference, inSight, February 27-28, 2012
- Damages in Personal Injury Actions, co-presenter Anna-Marie Musson, Presentation Prepared for the Judges of the Brampton Bench of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, November 9, 2011
- Illegal Activity Exclusions vs. Criminal Exclusions, Miller Thomson Insurance Client Seminar, June 24, 2011
- Coordination of Damage Payments in Tort, Canadian Defence Lawyers - Mid Level Madness, April 26, 2011
- Navigating and Coordinating Multiple Benefits, Canadian Institute’s 11th Annual Conference on Managing and Litigating Disability Insurance Claims, October 21, 2010
- So Who Pays What? A Template for Global Mediation, Miller Thomson Insurance Client Seminar, June 11, 2010
- Long-Term Disability Litigation, Guest Instructor, Osgood Hall Law School, October 2009 and October 2010
- Changes to the Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure, and an Introduction to the Apology Act, Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Mid-Year Legal Update, April 15, 2009
- Update on Causation, Miller Thomson Insurance Client Seminar, June 5, 2008
Publications
- Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case Regarding Liability of Road Authority, Morsi v. Fermar Paving et al, Miller Thomson Ontario Insurance Litigation Blog, 2012
- Ontario Court of Appeal Rules that Husband Found Not Criminally Responsible for Wife’s Death Entitled to Life Insurance Proceeds, Dhingra v. Dhingra, Miller Thomson Ontario Insurance Litigation Blog, 2012
- Limitation Periods and Bad Faith Claims For Failure to Settle, Dundas v. Zurich Canada, Miller Thomson Ontario Insurance Litigation Blog, 2012
- Rule 56.09 - The Forgotten Security for Costs Rule, Young Lawyers', 2005
Industry Expertise
Key Practice Expertise
Areas of Focus
- Life and Disability
- E&O/Professional Negligence
- Product Liability
- Tort Cases
Year of Call
- Ontario Bar, 2000