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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 – Will Your Limitation of Liability Clause Stand Up To Court Scrutiny? In 6362222 Canada Inc. v Prelco Inc., 2021 SCC 39 (38904) (“Createch v Prelco“), the Supreme Court of Canada considered the issue of whether a limitation of liability clause in a contract between the two parties was invalid on the basis of the doctrine of breach...

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...

October 27, 2021 – Cox & Palmer is pleased to announce our Employer Partnership with the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI). CCDI is a social organization, whose mission is to help those they work with be inclusive, free of prejudice and discrimination; and to generate awareness, dialogue and action for people to recognize diversity as an asset...