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September 27, 2022 – McKercher LLP is extremely honoured with the announcement that the firm will be inducted as the recipient of the 2022 Saskatchewan Business Hall of Fame by the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce at the upcoming ABEX Awards on November 5, 2022 in Saskatoon. Read More

September 27, 2022 – Readers of this newsletter may be aware that liability insurance policies commonly impose, by written condition, obligations on the insured to given timely notice of a claim, to cooperate with the insurer’s defence of a claim and, by way of ‘voluntary payment clause’, provide that any expense the insured may incur without the consent of...

June 20, 2022 – Accidents happen. Even for the most diligent of employers, some workplace injuries cannot be avoided. Luckily, the Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board (“WCB”) provides no-fault insurance that benefits both workers and employers. The Historic Trade-Off The WCB regime balances the interests of both the workers and employers. It has been described by the Supreme Court of...

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...