The Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta recently released what appears to be Canada's first coverage decision dealing with "social engineering fraud", which involves fraudsters deceiving...

In a recent decision[1], the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (ONSC) considered the applicability of a prior acts exclusion within a directors and officers liability...

An Ontario court recently refused an insurer's attempt to rely on evidence about its insured's prior conduct. The insurer tried to suggest that a prior loss and misrepresentations on a mortgage application..

The insured, Mississippi River Power Corporation operated a power generation station on the Mississippi River in Almonte, Ontario.

In Hoang v. Vincentini, the Ontario Court of Appeal ordered an insurer to yield control over the defence of its insured and pay for the insured's independent counsel.

The Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Pioneer Corporation v Godfrey, 2019 SCC 42, was a victory for the plaintiff, but it may prove advantageous for class action defendants in other cases.

Ever since the oft-criticized Perry decision, LawPro has hidden behind s.132 of the Insurance Act to avoid paying judgment creditors.

After a bridge collapsed in rural Ontario more than a half century after its construction, the ensuing litigation extended beyond questions of engineering and design.

Although commercial real estate law has developed considerably in the past half century, at least one legal precedent has remained unchanged...

With every passing year, the expenses plaintiffs incur to prosecute civil claims increase, such that the cost of litigation is now beyond most individuals and many small businesses.

Insurance applications can be challenging. The questions are often ambiguous and remembering every piece of relevant information is difficult.

In Realtrium Holdings Pickering Inc. v Simpson, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice considered whether an underwriter of a statutorily mandated insurance program was entitled to recover from its own insured for amounts it paid to third-party claimants.

On November 6, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada released a 5-4 decision on recovery of negligently-caused pure economic loss that will be significant for defendants...

The events that led to the dispute in this case began on a snowy day in the Regional Municipality of Durham

In 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada released Bhasin v Hyrnew, which recognized a general principle of good faith in contractual performance. The decision highlighted

In Honeywell International Inc. v XL Insurance Company Ltd.[1], the British Columbia Court of Appeal ( "BCCA") overturned an application judge's decision.

The Ontario Court of Appeal recently addressed three important elements of the duty to defend, where there is concurrent coverage under two policies...

In Truong v Jeweler's Mutual Insurance Company, the Court of Appeal for Ontario (ONCA) upheld a trial judge's decision, finding no reversible error in the judge's...

In a recent decision, the Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court (NLSC) refused to compel the insured to engage in an appraisal of a loss under a property insurance policy.

In a potentially controversial ruling, an Ontario judge recently refused to grant two insured applicants full indemnity for costs on a motion related to the duty to defend.