12/3/2025 11:02:53 PM The BC Supreme Court Reinforces a Plaintiff’s Duty to Exercise a Modicum of Awareness For Their Own Safety in Petrunia v. Pensionfund Realty Limited, 2025 BCSC 2345 By Iqra Azhar Background The recent decision of Petrunia v. Pensionfund Realty Limited, 2025 BCSC 2345 is a welcomed reminder that while occupiers...
12/2/2025 5:28:54 PM The BC Supreme Court Reinforces The Duty to Disclose Atypical Risk in Commercial Contracts in Kate Energy Holdings Inc. v. Energetic Services Inc., 2025 BCSC 2286 By Amrit Kalra Background Can the cost of damaging an old used trailer come at a new trailer price tag? The BC Supreme Court says no in Kate Energy...
10/23/2025 3:26:26 PM No Substantial Connection: Ontario Court Dismisses $16 Million Claimfor Consequential Economic Losses By Iqra Azhar In Avedian v. Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc., 2025 ONSC 5700, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed a $16 million claim for...
10/21/2025 3:17:17 PM New Trial Ordered Following Failure to Consider Injuries Possibly Sustained in the Course of Rehabilitation: Lessons from Aujla v Boldt 2025 BCCA 228 By Inderpal Gill Karenjit Aujla was involved in two separate motor-vehicle accidents in June 2015 and January 2016. She went to trial and was awarded...
10/20/2025 3:38:10 PM When the Party's Over - Peterson v Anderson, 2025 NSSC 186 By Sarah Holder When the party’s over: Does a social host owe a duty of care to a co-tenant for injuries suffered when assaulted by a party guest? ...
10/17/2025 5:33:47 PM The Risk of Re-Trial: Causation and the Divisibility of Injuries By Nathan Belsek In 7-Eleven Canada Inc. v Tommy, 2025 BCCA 220, the British Columbia Court of Appeal considered the legal principles surrounding...
10/1/2025 9:25:41 PM Tick Tock: Time is of the Essence for Insurers to Raise Coverage Concerns By Neil Zimmerman Jayden Wlasichuk On September 8, 2025, the Federal Court released its decision in Elite Insurance Company (Aviva) v Borgatti Estate, 2025 FC 1471, where...
9/5/2025 4:02:05 PM Fairness in Business Interruption Coverage – 1048977 BC Ltd. v Aviva Insurance Company, 2025 BCSC 1532 By Steven Wang Case Citation: 1048977 BC Ltd. v Aviva Insurance Company, 2025 BCSC 1532 The plaintiff numbered company brought a claim against its...
8/21/2025 5:45:05 PM Selective Disclosure = Full Exposure: BC Court Expands Privilege Waiver in Coverage Case By Amrit Kalra The Insurer’s ‘liberal’ approach to document production opened the door to wider waiver of privilege in Pacific Sands Beach Resort v....
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...