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Northpoint Legal, April 23, 2014 – One of the thorniest issues to deal with in insurance coverage matters is that of “concurrent causation”. The problem was illustrated again on the national stage last year when Albertans experienced massive overland flooding that also resulted in sewer back up. Typically, homeowner’s policies in Canada do not cover damage from flooding but many will... -
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Northpoint Legal, May 24, 2013 – Recent changes to the Rules of Court in several jurisdictions of Canada have introduced the rule of proportionality to the civil litigation process. While some consider that proportionality has always been a part of Canada’s jurisprudence the changes to the Rules ensure that proportionality will be given much more attention during the discovery process than...
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Northpoint Legal, April 14, 2012 – Overview The B.C. Health Care Costs Recovery Act was passed on May 29, 2008 and came into force on April 1, 2009. The Act effectively creates two new actionable heads of damage for victims of others’ negligence: the past and future costs of health care services that are ordinarily paid by the provincial government. Further,...