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March 24, 2022 – The Blais v. Ivari  case concerns Jacques Blais (“Blais”), a financial security advisor and insurance representative who stopped working in January 2013 due to illness. As the holder of a life and disability insurance policy (“the Policy”), he received full disability benefits, as well as benefits for loss of residual income, namely to supplement initial...

February 22, 2022 – On January 29, 2021, the Court of Appeal for British Columbia decided that third party proceedings may not be brought after the expiry of the two-year limitation period under the Limitation Act, SBC 2012, c. 13 (the “New Limitation Act”). This decision has broad implications for multi-party proceedings in B.C. Limitation Periods under the New...

February 17, 2022 – Self-insurance is not defined under the Civil Code of Québec. Does that make the practice illegal in Quebec? Is an entity that practises self-insurance exempt from obtaining an authorization from the Autorité des marchés financiers? The Superior court answers these questions in l’Association générale des étudiants hors campus de l’Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (AGEHCUQTR)...

February 17, 2022 – The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) recently addressed the law with respect to government liability in negligence cases. It is a long standing principle in Canada that public authorities are generally immune from liability for core policy decisions. In Nelson (City of) v Marchi (“Nelson”), the SCC did not dramatically change the law, but rather...