Duncan Embury

Duncan is a Partner and head of the Medical Malpractice group at Neinstein Personal Injury Lawyers. He primarily acts on behalf of plaintiffs on cases involving all areas of medical negligence including obstetrical negligence and surgical negligence. He also acts for plaintiffs on all types of catastrophic personal injury claims including claims for institutional negligence, occupier’s liability, motor vehicle accidents and product liability matters. Duncan also handles complex multi-jurisdictional cases to assist Ontario residents in recovering damages where the injuries occurred in a foreign jurisdiction. He was counsel on Van Breda v. Club Resorts, the leading Canadian case on jurisdiction. In addition to a full trial and appeal practice in these areas, Duncan also provides co-counsel assistance to other lawyers in handling complex medical negligence cases at both trial and appeal.

Duncan is a regular speaker and presenter in all areas of medical negligence for the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association, the Ontario Bar Association and the Law Society of Upper Canada. Duncan has been voted by his peers as a leading expert in his field in the 2014 & 2015 Canadian Lexpert Directory ® and has been named as one of Best Lawyers ® in Canada. More recently Duncan has been certified as a specialist in civil litigation by the Law Society of Upper Canada.