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November 16, 2017 – For any business today, the reality of day-to-day functioning and management involves mass-communication, networking, marketing, and the organization of important confidential information on secured computer networks. Digitalization of information and communication is becoming second-nature due to the efficiency and simplicity that computers provide, as well as their instantaneity. However, as the amount of important and...

April 19, 2017 – Are payments offered through a conciliation process designed to make moral amends covered by commercial general liability (CGL) insurance?  Such was the novel issue considered by the New Brunswick Court of Queen’s Bench in L’Évêque Catholique Romain de Bathurst v. Aviva Insurance Company of Canada and Co-Operators General Insurance Company (intervenor), 2016 NBQB 174. Read More

February 16, 2017 – As of January 1, 2017, Rule 22 of the New Brunswick Rules of Court for ‘Summary Judgment’ was repealed and replaced. Rule 22 for Summary Judgment has now been transformed from a means to weed out unmeritorious claims to a significant alternative model of adjudication. When faced with a lawsuit, a Summary Judgment Motion is...

July 24, 2016 – Shannon v. Canadian Medical Protective Association, 2016 NBQB 4 The plaintiff, Shirley Shannon, had been sexually assaulted by her psychiatrist Dr. Akoto.  Shannon suffered emotional and mental distress as a result of the sexual assaults and attempted suicide resulting in extensive physical injuries.  Dr. Akoto fled the jurisdiction.  Shannon obtained a default judgment against Dr....