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"Anti-Subrogation Rule" Reaffirmed2007-12-07810
"Faulty or Improper Design" Exclusion in Builders All Risk Policy2007-06-12844
"First Past the Post" Allocation of Policy Limits Affirmed for Non-Automobile Claims in British Columbia2006-11-17793
"That's Not What We Meant" - Rectification of Insurance Contracts in British Columbia2010-03-10922
Accident, Fortuity, and Causation at the Supreme Court: Co-operators Life Ins. Co. and Gibbens, 2009 SCC 592010-05-261065
Adjusters are Agents of the Insured in Retaining Remediation Contractors2008-03-07858
Alberta Court of Appeal Narrows Exclusion under All Risk Policy for Loss Caused by Building Settlement2010-07-071049
Amending the Standard Form of Professional Services Contracts2005-02-04909
Appeal Court Upholds Denial of Coverage to General Contractor: Progressive Homes Ltd. v. Lombard General Ins. Co., 2009 BCCA 4392009-04-03953
Attention Property Insurers2005-07-08812
Auto policy insurers may be called upon to indemnify plaintiffs in cases that appear to be unrelated to motor vehicle accidents2005-09-09819
B.C. "Caps" Vehicle Lessors´ Vicarious Liability Exposure2007-08-03853
BC Courts Apply Swagger2007-05-17840
BC Supreme Court Provides Further Direction on Voiding a Policy for Non-Disclosure2008-02-02841
Breach of Statutory Condition2005-03-04863
British Columbia Move to Recover Health Care Costs in Personal Injury Litigation 2008-10-21884
British Columbia now Requires Disclosure of Insurance Policies2007-07-06855
British Columbia's New Rules of Court Approach Completion2009-03-03906
Can a Defendant Avoid Costs in Supreme Court Actions when Damages are Within New Provincial Court Limits?2006-03-03800
Caution to Primary Risk Insurers in Cases Where an Excess Insurer may be at Risk2005-08-05797
CGL Policies may be Required to Provide Coverage for Liability Imposed by New Home Warranty Legislation2005-12-02821
Commencing a New Action After an Application to Add a Defendant to Existing Litigation is Denied2007-09-07846
Commercial Hosts' Use of Identification-Capturing Technology Creates Privacy Issues2011-07-22353
Concurrent Cause: Derksen Revisited2007-02-09880
Contract Governs Allocation of Cost Relating to "Mixed" Claims in CGL Policy: Hanis v. Teevan, 2008 ONCA 6872008-11-03885
Court Restricts Plaintiffs' Ability to Recover Health Care Costs Arising from Personal Injury: Gosselin v. Shepherd, 2010 BCSC 7552010-05-311099
Defining the Scope of the Duty to Defend "Additional Insureds" - Liu v. Chu, 2009 BCSC 7532009-07-071029
Eliminating a "Leaky Building Case" in British Columbia: Six Year Contractual Limitation Periods Can Work2007-04-12846
Faulty Design Exclusion in Builders All Risk Policy does not apply where design is "State of the Art": CNR v. Royal and Sun Alliance, 2008 SCC 662008-11-26911
Fortuity or Susceptibility - the British Columbia Court of Appeal Confirms that an Insurer is not Liable to Indemnify Under an All Risks Policy for Damage Resulting from an Inherent Nature or Suscepti2006-09-05870
Forum Shopping on Coverage Issues South of the 49th Parallel2007-04-10812
General liability insurers in British Columbia do not have to defend on "leaky building lawsuits" if the insured is a general contractor: The Shifting Judicial Tide2005-09-19778
How Many "Grow-Ops" Make an "Occurrence"? Strata Plan LMS 3904 v. Commonwealth Ins. Co., 2009 BCSC 6132009-05-31948
Innocent Co-Insureds May Receive Coverage, Despite Intentional Acts of Other Insureds2009-01-09946
Interpreting the All-Risk Policy in First Party Claims For Damage to Buildings2006-04-13847
Is Reckless Conduct an "Accident", "Occurrence", or "Intentional Act"?2009-09-161114
Is Swagger Construction Still Good Law? A Discussion of the Impact of the Ontario C.A. Decision in Bridgewood Building Corp.2006-05-05822
Is the "Last Chance" Doctrine Really Dead? BC Court of Appeal Considers2006-01-06844
Landmark Secondary Market Liability Class Action Certified Against Directors and Officers: Silver v. IMAX Corporation2010-01-291013
Lorne Folick to Speak at LSI Wine Law Seminar- March 29, 20112011-01-25924
Municipal liability: Can a municipality avoid a duty of care by requiring professional certification of construction projects?2006-02-10798
Must An Insurer Pursue A Third Party Claim By One Of Its Insureds Against Another Insured?2009-10-211449
New Book from Dolden Wallace Folick: Liquor and Host Liability Law in Canada2010-11-04957
New Rules Affecting Commercial Liquor Hosts in 2009: British Columbia's Security Services Act2009-03-06871
Parenting as an Intervening Cause? Hussack v. Chilliwack School District No. 33, 2009 BCSC 8522009-08-141015
Parents Unable to Waive Child's Right to Sue in Tort: Wong v. Lok's Martial Arts Centre Inc., 2009 BCSC 13852009-12-161123
Plaintiff's Facebook Page Discoverable: Leduc v. Roman, 2009 CanLII 6838 (ON.S.C.)2009-05-10999
Privacy Issues and the Perils of Marijuana Grow Operations2005-06-03792
Recent Commercial Liquor Liability Decisions2005-04-08818
Recent Ontario Court of Appeal Case in Keays v. Honda Canada Inc. Has Big Implications for Employment Practices Liability Insurers2006-12-01837
Reducing Legal Costs2005-05-06839
Rule 37B and the Uncertain Future of Formal Offers to Settle2008-10-03913
SCC Strengthens Test for Confirmation of a Cause of Action2005-11-04894
Sidhu v Wawanesa Case Comment2011-11-04675
Solicitor-Client Privilege and Litigation Privilege - What is Exempt from Disclosure, and for How Long?2006-10-17813
Supreme Court Affirms Foreseeability Principle: Mustapha v. Culligan of Canada Ltd., 2008 SCC 272008-06-06927
Supreme Court of Canada Confirms the "But For" Test for Causation2007-03-02834
SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA CONSIDERS LIABILITY OF CASINO OPERATOR FOR GAMBLING ADDICTION2011-05-17652
The S.C.C. Rules that an Insurer is Under no Duty to Defend Pursuant to a Claims-made Policy Where a Potential Claim is Discovered but no Claim is Actually Asserted During the Policy Period2006-08-04796
The S.C.C. Rules that Damages for Mental Distress for Breach of Contract are recoverable in some circumstances2006-07-07794
The S.C.C. Rules that there is no General Duty of Care Owed by Social Hosts to Third Parties for the Acts of Intoxicated Guests2006-06-09766
The Supreme Court of Canada Rules on Liability Coverage for Loss "Arising Directly or Indirectly from the use or Operation of a Motor Vehicle"2007-11-02792
Underwriting Intention Gone Awry - Umbrella Excess Insurer Liable for 100% of Defence Costs: Goodman v. AIG Commercial Ins. Co. of Canada, 2009 CanLII 57179 (ONSC) 2010-03-301270
Winds of Change are Blowing for Supreme Court Proceedings in British Columbia2007-10-05901