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Not-So Blurred Line

Not-So Blurred Line

In March, 2015, in recognition of the growing concern about cyber bullying and more particularly, the increasing number of incidents of “revenge porn”, the federal government made it a criminal offence to share intimate images. The recent case...

Priority Insurer Has No Options

Priority Insurer Has No Options

Can the insurer, who is required to waive reliance on the priority rules and pay accident benefits, still pursue indemnification from the priority insurer? A Superior Court judge says “yes”. In Continental Casualty Company v. Chubb, the claimant...

Can I speak to the Manager?

Can I speak to the Manager?

Ontario courts have been signalling for some time now that a failure to treat pre-trial conferences seriously will have consequences.  A recent Superior Court of Justice decision may be read as increasing the standard to which insurers will be held...

No Reasonable Inference = No Causation

Put Up a Sign!

On December 31, 2013, the plaintiff, Kathryn Owens, had a slip and fall outside the Blue Canoe Waterfront Restaurant (the “Restaurant”), in Stevenson, BC, while walking on the boardwalk adjacent to its entrance.   She shattered her right patella in...

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