7/30/2025 4:12:05 PM Security for Costs Do Not Come Easy: A Lesson from Bains v Adam 2025 ABCA 235 By Inderpal Gill In Bains v Adam, 2023 ABKB 491, Dr. Jagdev Singh Bains brought three actions against the various named defendants, relating to three...
7/9/2025 8:31:37 PM Comparing Outcomes: BC Court of Appeal Confirms Test for Loss of Earning Capacity as Real and Substantial Possibility of Loss By Usna Tynan Kelleher Background and Appeal This is an appeal from a personal injury decision in the B.C. Supreme Court, in Aujla v. Nijjar, 2022 BCSC 1262....
6/26/2025 8:00:55 PM Thank You, Sherlock: A Claimant’s Duty to Investigate following Eberhardt By Nathan Belsek In Eberhardt v Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, 2025 BCSC 1069, the Supreme Court of British Columbia considered the scope of...
6/6/2025 5:17:21 PM Case Comment: Murray v Windsor Brunello Ltd, 2023 ABKB 375 By Gregor Allan Elizabeth Parker Facts Murray v Windsor Brunello Ltd, 2023 ABKB 375 concerns a dispute over construction defects brought forward by Donald and Linda...
5/6/2025 5:12:34 PM Lumping Together Past and Future Income Loss Awards? You Can’t Do That. Lessons from Lewis v Gibeau, 2025 BCCA 127 By Neil Zimmerman Inderpal Gill This is an appeal from a decision of the BC Supreme Court in Lewis v Gibeau, 2023 BCSC 784, a personal injury case from 2016 where a...
4/22/2025 4:45:15 PM Burned by Butane, Denied by the Policy: Intent and Insurance in McGregor By Drew Wilson Is subjective intent relevant for the purposes of a criminal act exclusion clause in a home owner’s policy? The short answer is no. In...
3/17/2025 8:40:11 PM Case Comment: Chisholm v. Valemount Forest Products Ltd., 2025 BCCA 48 By Sarah Holder Case Citation: Chisholm v. Valemount Forest Products Ltd., 2025 BCCA 48 Background Facts The Plaintiff was riding his motorcycle on the...
3/11/2025 6:21:28 PM Drawing the Line: Court Denies Paralegal Coverage Under Lawyer’s Policy By Arman Brar Case Citation: Pryce v. Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity Company, 2024 ONSC 6195 Overview In Pryce v. Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity...
2/14/2025 8:41:30 PM Waive Liability Goodbye: Takeaways from Bernier v. Ville d’Ottawa By Iqra Azhar In Bernier (Litigation Guardian of) v. Ottawa (City), 2024 ONSC 6725, the plaintiff sought damages for injuries she suffered while...
1/8/2025 6:35:58 PM When Employment Controls the Journey: Lessons from Fushtey v. WCB, 2024 ABKB 725 By Neil Zimmerman Case Citation: Fushtey v. WCB, 2024 ABKB 725 Facts of the Case On March 23, 2018, Darryl Fushtey, an employee of Codeco-Vanoco...
12/20/2024 7:00:21 PM Brownlee LLP Partner David Pick will assume the role of Executive Director of Canadian Litigation Counsel By Brownlee LLP David Pick, Managing Partner of Brownlee LLP’s Calgary office is proud to take on the additional role of Executive Director for...
12/9/2024 10:00:01 PM The Cost of Deception: Fraud, Credibility, and Insurance Coverage in Motor Vehicle Claims By Drew Wilson In Wong v. Aviva Insurance Company of Canada, 2024 ONCA 874, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld an auto insurer’s decision to deny...