Our Team
Chris McCormack
416-679-2781 x 224
cmccormack@sbalawyers.ca
Clerk: Heather Demeyre
416-679-2781 x 313
hdemeyre@sbalawyers.ca
Assistant: Kelly Lord
416-679-2781 x 213
klord@sbalawyers.ca
Chris has been practicing insurance defence litigation since 2016, with a focus in the areas of statutory accident benefits, loss transfer and priority disputes, motor vehicle accident claims, and occupier’s liability claims. Chris also has success in affirmative litigation to collect repayment of accident benefits paid as a result of fraud or wilful misrepresentation. Chris has successfully appeared before private arbitrators, the Licence Appeal Tribunal, the Superior Court of Justice (including the Divisional Court and Small Claims Court), the Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of Canada.
Primary Practice Areas
- Statutory Accident Benefits
- Priority and Loss Transfer Disputes
- Automobile Bodily Injury Claims
- Occupier’s Liability Claims
Professional Achievements and Leadership
- M.S. and ACE INA Insurance, LAT 17-001422/AABS, November 15, 2017
- Dana Salameh and Travelers, LAT 17-001522/AABS, September 24, 2018
- Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company (Travelers) v. A.S., LAT 18-000350/AABS, March 15, 2019
- H.M. v. The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company (Travelers), LAT 19-001752/AABS, April 29, 2020
- M.L. v. The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company, LAT 19-0116699/AABS, October 9, 2020
- M.L. v. The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company, Reconsideration Decision, LAT 19-0116699/AABS, December 23, 2020
- Travelers Insurance Company of Canada v. Joan Matich, LAT 19-008573/AABS, June 10, 2021
- Marina Landa v. The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company, Reconsideration Decision, LAT 19-0116699/AABS, June 9, 2022
- Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company v. Sahro Mohamed, LAT 20-004572/AABS, November 8, 2022
- Landa v. The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company, LAT 19-011699/AABS (Amended Decision, January 26, 2023)
- Landa v. The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company, LAT 19-011699/AABS (Reconsideration Decision, April 26, 2023)
- Felipe v. Chubb Insurance Company of Canada, LAT 21-013790/AABS (October 19, 2023)
- Mohammad v. Bakr, 2024 ONSC 290 (January 12, 2024)
- Mohammad v. Bakr, 2024 ONCA 347 (May 2, 2024)
- Landa, Marina v. The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company, 2024 ONSC 2781
- Dominion and Wawanesa (Ghebrezghi) (2024), Private Arbitration Decision of Arbitrator Shari Novick (Priority Dispute)
- Landa, Marina v. The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company et al. (2024 ONCA, Motion Decision)
- Landa v. The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company of Canada, 2025 ONCA 184
- Landa v. Dominion, SCC, No. 41803 (October 2, 2025)
- Tietz v. The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company (LAT 23-011796, October 2, 2025)
- Yang v. The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company (LAT 23-008664, October 16, 2025)
- Yang v. The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company (LAT 24-004641, January 26, 2026)
- Yang v. The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company (LAT 24-004641/AABS - R, April 23, 2026)
Professional Memberships
- Canadian Defence Lawyers
Bar Admissions & Education
- Ontario Bar, 2016
- JD, Osgoode Hall Law School, 2015
- MA, McGill University, 2001