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Injury & consumer claims

If someone is still at risk, that is the first job. This page does not decide fault.

First job Screen injury and immediate safety before building a general product-law essay.

If someone is still at risk, do not start with a library article

Use emergency help for immediate harm. This hub then maps the legal file. It is not a family-custody safety strip.

Open the national incident guide

Start here

Key considerations

  1. Is the person safe now?
  2. What product is involved, and when was it used?
  3. Who sold it — shop, platform, CBEC?

Decision map

Keep the question bounded.

  1. Safety firstStop use; medical care is not a legal filing.
  2. Hold the productEvidence sits on the evidence route.
  3. Map the sellerProducer, importer, platform.

Curated resources

Open the asset that matches this job.

Helpful to prepare

Facts that make the next conversation clearer.

These items are orientation aids, not a legal requirement list.

  1. Whether emergency care is already underway
  2. Product identity at a high level
  3. Seller or platform known

Evidence file

Preserve the record before the forum is chosen.

This is a preparation prompt, not a finding that any item is admissible or required.

  1. Product still in hand, if safe to keep
  2. Purchase channel and date
  3. What happened, in a short chronology

Local context

Add the city when market-supervision practice changes.

SAMR, sampling and court practice can differ after the national defect or recall question is identified.

Open city and province guides

Counsel hand-off

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This hub organises defect, injury, recall and channel questions. It does not decide defect, run a recall or settle a claim on your facts.

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Directory and legal information only — not legal advice. Confirm current rules with qualified counsel.

Editorial policy · Last reviewed August 2026 · Product Liability