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September 27, 2022 – Bernice Bowley is the only lawyer from Manitoba who has been recognized in Benchmark Litigation’s inaugural launch of the Top 100 Women in Litigation in Canada.  Bernice is the chair of Litigation practice. She maintains a comprehensive commercial insurance litigation practice, including general insurance defence, professional errors and omissions, product liability, construction, subrogation and coverage. Read More

January 27, 2022 – COVID-19 led to the suspension of limitation periods in many Canadian provinces.  Below you will find the details on how the pandemic impacted limitation periods in each province. Updated January 2022 Alberta Suspension of Limitation Periods During COVID-19 in Alberta In Alberta, limitations were suspended from March 17, 2020 to June 1, 2020, pursuant to...

January 20, 2022 – On May 20, 2021, Bill 51, which proposed to repeal and replace The Limitations of Actions Act of 1987, received Royal Assent. The Limitations Act will not come into effect until September 30, 2022. This new framework will bring Manitoba in line with other provinces that long ago replaced their limitation laws with simplified versions that rely on the...

January 10, 2022 – A lot has changed since 1997, the year a group of independent law firms with dedicated insurance defence practices joined together to form Risk Management Counsel of Canada (RMC).  But the goals of RMC remain unchanged – to work together to provide Canadian and international insurers with best-in-class insurance defence expertise in every market in...