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 and errors and omissions claims. She also handles matters involving, product liability, occupier’s liability, and claims against the Crown. She has experience in both tort and accident benefit cases.
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 and court proceedings. She has conducted trials on her own, assisted as junior counsel, and appeared on appeals.
Ms. Leckey is committed to providing diligent, attentive and cost-effective service to her clients.
Education
- B.A. (Hons), Queen's University, 1995
- LL.B., University of Windsor, 1998
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
- 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
- Vanderkop v. Personal Insurance Co. of Canada LTD Benefits paid by way of settlement may not be deductible by AB Carrier, Insurance Law Newsletter (December 2009)
- Savundranayagam v. Sun Life Assurance Co.: Failure of Insured to Provide Information to Insurer May Lead to Inference of Prejudice to Insurer and Dismissal of Action at Status Hearing, Insurance Law Newsletter (May 2009)
- No Excuses for Missed Limitation Periods, Insurance Law Newsletter (October 2008)
Industry Expertise
Key Practice Expertise
Areas of Focus
- Life and Disability
- Error and Omissions Claims
- Product Liability
- Tort Cases
Year of Call
- Ontario Bar, 2000