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Blaney McMurtry LLP, CBM LLP, Cox & Palmer, Fillmore Riley LLP, Kelly Santini LLP, McKercher LLP, Stein Monast, SVR Lawyers, Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, April 06, 2020 – RMC lawyers across Canada are preparing updates on the COVID-19 virus and its impact on the insurance industry. For full details on our COVID-19 National Response Team, please click here. Alberta Commercial All-Risks Property Policies and Business Losses in the Age of COVID-19 SVR Lawyers – Calgary Update on Rules of Court and Court Closures...
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COVID-19 – Business Insurance
Fillmore Riley LLP, Manitoba, March 25, 2020 – With the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) at the forefront of the news cycle, governments and businesses are working to minimize the pandemic’s effect on the world’s economy, both at the macro and micro level. Despite those efforts, businesses are sure to face significant and unexpected changes in their day-to-day operations, which will likely... -
Fillmore Riley LLP, Manitoba, December 17, 2019 – The Supreme Court of Canada recently released a decision highlighting the law relating to unjust enrichment and constructive trusts in the context of a dispute over the proceeds of an insurance policy. In Moore v. Sweet, the majority of the SCC imposed a remedial constructive trust on the proceeds of a life insurance policy in favour...
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Fillmore Riley LLP, Manitoba, October 25, 2019 – This July, the Ontario Court of Appeal released a unanimous decision holding that the limitation period to enforce a claim for indemnity for business interruption loss (“BI”) begins to run from the date of the underlying loss. In so holding, the Court declined to follow a well-established body of caselaw in the western provinces to...