Publications

Donati Maisonneuve, Lindsay LLP, McKercher LLP, SVR Lawyers, Alberta, British Columbia, Quebec, Saskatchewan, December 02, 2020 – COVID-19 has exposed us all to a lot of new challenges and risks. For insurers, those risks includes a number of new claims that have arisen directly from the pandemic. In this webinar, RMC lawyers from across Canada provide an update on three prevalent claims and the strategies insurers can use to defend them. Download...

McKercher LLP, Saskatchewan, September 25, 2020 – In Atlantic Lottery Corp Inc v Babstock (Atlantic Lottery), the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) recently ruled that “waiver of tort” is not an independent cause of action. Previously, plaintiffs pled waiver of tort in an effort to recover allegedly ill-gotten gains from defendants without having to prove that they suffered losses. Because prior jurisprudence...

Cox & Palmer, Donati Maisonneuve, Lindsay LLP, McKercher LLP, SVR Lawyers, Alberta, British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, July 20, 2020 – COVID-19 has shuttered economies across the country and around the world. Despite the lack of physical damage, business insurers everywhere are facing an onrush of business interruption claims that will persist for some time to come. In this webinar, our national panel of insurance lawyers update viewers on the latest developments in business interruption claims,...

McKercher LLP, Saskatchewan, April 14, 2020 – Insurance policies can frequently include terms that seem deceptively simple, but can be interpreted in divergently different ways depending on the context. For example, policies often include clauses which provide for or exclude coverage where a loss is “directly caused” by a peril. Although this language may seem straightforward, courts across Canada have disagreed about...