Publications

Fillmore Riley LLP, Manitoba, August 29, 2023 – Pursuant to Statutory Condition 11, certain questions related to valuation in a first party claim may be addressed through “dispute resolution” (formerly known as “appraisal”).  This article examines a number of recent Manitoba decisions which may be of interest, including a decision which considers the interplay between dispute resolution and limitation periods and decisions which...

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...

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...