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...
6/20/2025 5:30:02 PM Can I Be Held Liable If My Niece Steals My Car and Crashes It During A Teenage Joyride? By Faiza Khan Introduction: Vicarious Liability and Family Use of Vehicles In Rowan v Kramer, 2025 ABKB 306, the Alberta Court of King’s Bench...
6/17/2025 5:38:51 PM Break Glass In Case of Emergency: Imminent Filing Deadlines and What to Do By Blaise Zak In Frog Lake First Nation v 2250657 Alberta Ltd, 2025 ABKB 206, the Honourable Justice Douglas R. Mah (Edmonton) clarified three...
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...
3/27/2025 7:28:04 PM Litigation Pitfalls: Lessons on Delay, Prejudice, and Limitation Periods from Sampare v. 1199 Holdings Ltd. 2025 BCSC 234 By Amrit Kalra A recent ruling by the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Sampare v. 1199 Holdings Ltd., 2025 BCSC 234, highlights the importance of...
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...
2/14/2025 3:39:54 PM Precision and Prejudice: Primary Consideration under Rule 4.31 By Nathan Belsek Ranger v Precision, 2025 ABKB 45 highlights the importance for both insurers and defence counsel to move matters through court in a...
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...
12/18/2024 5:05:57 PM Clause or Chaos? Decoding Forum Selection Clauses in Contracts By Brownlee Law Recently, the British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCAA) in Yegre EB Ltd. v. Seguin, 2024 BCCA 365, clarified the interpretation and...