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Webinar recordings
Damage Awards Jeopardy – Webinar Recording
Blaney McMurtry LLP, CBM LLP, Cox & Palmer, Donati Maisonneuve, Fillmore Riley LLP, McKercher LLP, Northpoint Legal, Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland & Labrador, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, July 12, 2023 – Our panel of YRMC lawyers from across Canada explore how damage awards for similar injuries are treated in different jurisdictions. During the webinar, panelists present five recent case examples and what the courts awarded. Each case concludes with a discussion on how other jurisdiction would likely treat a claim with similar facts. Damage Awards Jeopardy... -
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Update on Limitation Periods – Webinar Recording
Fillmore Riley LLP, Kelly Santini LLP, Manitoba, Ontario, June 09, 2023 – Recent changes in legislation have resulted in important changes to the rules around limitation periods. In Ontario, Bill 118 amended the Occupiers’ Liability Act and impacts when and how slip and fall claims can be made. In Manitoba, an entirely new Limitations Act has been introduced. In this YRMC webinar, Tor Potter from Kelly Santini... -
Fillmore Riley LLP, Saskatchewan, 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...
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Blaney McMurtry LLP, CBM LLP, Cox & Palmer, Donati Maisonneuve, Fillmore Riley LLP, Kelly Santini LLP, McKercher LLP, Northpoint Legal, Stein Monast, Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, 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...