Publications

Blaney McMurtry LLP, Ontario, March 21, 2024 – Loblaw Companies Limited v. Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada, 2024 ONCA 145 Every decade or so, a decision of monumental importance to the coverage bar gets handed to us. In 2010, the Supreme Court of Canada gave us Progressive Homes Ltd. v. Lombard General Insurance Co. of Canada. 2010 SCC 33. Before...

Stein Monast, Quebec, March 21, 2024 – Is an insurance provider justified in invoking misrepresentation or an exclusion clause in the following situations: failure to disclose an employee’s criminal history to the insurance provider and failure to dismiss this employee on suspicion of involvement in prior thefts? Read More (en français)

Stein Monast, Quebec, March 21, 2024 – In 2005, the plaintiffs purchased a commercial building built in 1965 and carried out extensive renovations. In 2014, a fire gutted the building, which had been insured by the defendant. In the end, the plaintiffs decided not to rebuild. The defendant agreed to compensate them in the amount of $726,709.22, i.e., a sum equivalent to...

Cox & Palmer, New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, February 21, 2024 – Cox & Palmer’ Regional Insurance Group is pleased to provide the 2023 Case Law Update, covering developments and key decisions in Atlantic Canada from the last year. Cases covered are: New Brunswick Martin et al v. Estate of Pierette Landry and Pembridge Insurance Co., 2023 NBKB 32 Mirrer Hall Investments Inc. et al. v. The...