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May 14, 2018 – With our 50-member team comprised of participants and fundraising volunteers, Fillmore Riley LLP has committed to raising substantial funds for CancerCare Manitoba. Through past participation in the Challenge for Life Walk and the Dragon Boat Festival, we have raised almost $200,000 that went towards helping Manitobans of all ages affected by cancer. Our 2018 goal...

February 12, 2018 – Dewing v Kostiuk et al, 2017 MBCA 22 The number of self-represented litigants (“SRLs”) is on the rise across the country.  The National Self-Represented Litigants Project: Identifying and Meeting the Needs of Self-­Represented Litigants by Dr Julie Macfarlane published in 2013 indicated that SRLs already outnumber represented litigants in Ontario civil claims.  SRLs represented 21%...

April 19, 2017 – Whether or not a property is considered vacant under both residential and commercial property policies so as to be excluded from coverage has received ample consideration by the court.  Yet, many standard policy wordings, particularly in a commercial broad form, have exclusions that go beyond vacant buildings to also include premises which are “unoccupied or...

May 19, 2016 – What is the meaning of “faulty workmanship” in the context of a homeowners’ policy?  This was the question addressed by the Ontario Court of Appeal in Monk v. Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Company (Lindsay), 2015 ONCA 911. In 2008, the insured homeowner hired a contractor to restore the exterior of her log home.  The restoration work...