Insurance Policies in Canada are steeped in a rich history of drafting, re-drafting, revising, adding, and subtracting - mostly in response to the ever-shifting landscape of risk and legal interpretation.

On December 14, 2018, substantial changes were announced for Alberta's Condominium Property Act and Condominium Property Regulation

The Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Code (the "Code") is a cornerstone of health and safety protections for most Alberta workers.

Busato v Gore Mutual Insurance Company, 2025 BCCA 79 is a recent interesting case from the British Columbia Court of Appeal pertaining to insurance policy exclusion clauses.

Defamation is becoming an increasing issue in Condominiums when Owners are disgruntled with the Board of Directors or Property Managers, when a Board is disagreeing on an issue or when a Board or Property Manager becomes increasingly frustrated with an Owner's actions or with the services provided by an external vendor.

In Norris v Vomacka, 2024 ABKB 312 (https://canlii.ca/t/k4vlg) , the Plaintiff was injured in a motor vehicle accident and sought $150,000 in general damages in addition to a loss of income claim and special damages.

There has been significant media reporting with respect to layoffs across the country in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Security National Insurance Company, represented by Associate Noah Hodgson, brought an Application to dismiss the insured's claim pursuant to Rule 4.31 and Rule 4.33 of the Alberta Rules of Court.

Kunzler v The Owners, Strata Plan EPS 1433, 2020 BCSC 576 ("Kunzler") is an notable recent case from British Columbia which addresses the ability of a strata corporation

The amendments to the Condominium Property Act are expected to change who prepares and registers caveats.

On June 3, 2020, major changes were announced to the Real Estate Act, the legislation that governs realtors, mortgage brokers, appraisers, and property managers in Alberta.

Privacy is not just a concern for large corporations or highly regulated industries. In Alberta, most businesses have legal obligations to protect employee personal information and to handle that information carefully throughout the employment relationship and even after the employment relationship has ended.

Employers are now able to layoff employees for up to 90 days within a 120-day period (up from the current 60 days in a 120-day period).

By way of our April 16, 2020 article Commercial All-Risks Property Policies and Business Losses in the Age of COVID-19, partner Celeste Small provided a cogent analysis as to how commercial all-risk property policies ...

In Russell v Russell, 2024 ABKB 182, Ms. Russell was injured in a single vehicle collision and sought $200,000.00 in general damages for pain and suffering.

The Plaintiff, Ms. Artindale-Eeles, was involved in two collisions as she was driving her vehicle to work in the early morning of April 9, 2010 near Canadian Forces Base Wainwright where she served as the Cleaning Services Supervisor.

In November 2014, the Alberta Court of Appeal examined the law regarding advance payment to a plaintiff for damages pursuant to the Fair Practices Regulation of the Insurance Act.

Whether or not a company has experienced an employee fraud, it is important that management and those charged with governance consider the risk of fraud for the organization and the appropriate measures to put in place to mitigate those risks.

In addition, workers who are still employed, but are not receiving income as a result of disruptions to their work due to the pandemic would also qualify for CERB.

The number of self-represented litigants is on the rise in Canada. Data collected by the National Self-Represented Litigants Project in 2017 indicates that approximately 70% of SRLs are plaintiffs or petitioners ...