Nov 22, 2022 Insurers Unable to Enforce Litigation Timelines when Common Courtesies Extended: Jelonek v Monterrosa-Renaud, 2022 ABKB 738 By Drew Wilson It is not unusual for plaintiff’s counsel to file a Statement of Claim (usually to preserve their limitation period) and then provide a...
Sep 01, 2022 Are Building Developers Liable? Maybe… Condo Corp v JV Somerset Development Inc, 2022 ABCA 193 By Drew Wilson Background: No Involvement in Construction A condominium building’s balconies were discovered to have been deficiently designed and...
Apr 14, 2022 New Pyke Decision May Create Uncertainty for Municipal Statutory Defences By Drew Wilson By Drew Wilson, Lawyer Introduction Certain sections of the Municipal Government Act [1] place legal duties on municipalities, while...
Nov 02, 2021 In Nelson V Marchi, Supreme Court Clarifies the Core-Policy Defence for Municipalities By Drew Wilson By Drew Wilson, Lawyer The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) recently provided municipalities and lower courts guidance in applying the “core...
Jul 08, 2021 Insurers: Don’t Tell on Your Insureds By Drew Wilson By Drew Wilson, Lawyer Insurance companies will occasionally assign an employee to investigate claims that are expected to be substantial...
Jan 14, 2021 Municipalities Afforded Additional Protection as Occupiers: Ellis v City of Lethbridge, 2020 ABQB 783 By Drew Wilson By Drew Wilson, Associate The Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench recently upheld the lower Court’s decision in Ellis v City of Lethbridge,...
Oct 05, 2020 Debate Concluded Over Correct Test for Summary Judgment in Alberta By Nabeel Peermohamed Drew Wilson By Nabeel Peermohamed and Drew Wilson In Hannam v MHSD #76, 2020 ABCA 343, where we were successful with our client’s appeal, the Alberta...
Jul 27, 2020 Defences Under the Alberta Municipal Government Act and Best Practices to Defend Claims Against Municipalities By Nabeel Peermohamed Drew Wilson In the video below, Litigation Partner Nabeel Peermohamed and Litigation Associate Drew Wilson discuss how the statutory defences under...
May 06, 2019 We did a Presentation on Contractual Indemnification Clauses By Nabeel Peermohamed Drew Wilson Brownlee’s Nabeel Peermohamed and Drew Wilson gave their presentation on contractual indemnification clauses to the Southern Alberta Risk...