Advise an Ontario commercial snow contractor on the notice-period requirement for slip-and-fall claims under the amended Occupiers' Liability Act (Bill 118).
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Steps
Fetch ola.org's Bill 118, Occupiers' Liability Amendment Act, 2020 page to confirm Royal Assent (Dec 8, 2020) and in-force date (Jan 29, 2021)
Confirm the amendment requires written notice of a snow/ice injury claim within 60 days, served on the occupier or the snow-removal contractor
Confirm only one of the occupier/contractor needs to be served, but whichever is served must then notify the other party
Note the two statutory exceptions: death of the injured party, or a reasonable excuse for late/insufficient notice that doesn't prejudice the defense
Recommend the contractor log all claim notices received and immediately forward copies to the property occupier per the cross-notification duty
Known gotchas
Some older legal-blog titles reference a '10-day notice' for snow/ice claims — that figure refers to a different, unrelated municipal-claims notice provision, not Bill 118's occupier/contractor notice period, which is 60 days; don't conflate the two
Missing the 60-day window is not automatically fatal to a claim — the reasonable-excuse/no-prejudice exception exists, so don't advise clients that late notice is an absolute bar
This is Ontario provincial law only; it does not apply to other Canadian provinces or U.S. jurisdictions
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