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If You’re Selling Your Company, Don’t Get Sandbagged
Highlight: Understand how to spot a “sandbag clause” in your purchase and sale agreement and when to add specific anti-sandbag … Read more
Earnouts or Burnouts – Don’t Get Burned on an Earnout
Highlight: Earnouts are difficult legal clauses to manage and can often lead to misunderstanding and difficulty realizing them. Here is … Read more
Important change announced to discount rates in the Law and Equity Act
The discounting rate applied to damages set to manifest in the future has been amended down. Essentially, this means the … Read more
Silver Fox v. Chief Coroner, 2013 YKCA 11, A missed opportunity?
Mr. Silver Fox died on December 2, 2008 after being held in a police cell used for holding intoxicated people … Read more
Update on “Vacancy” Clauses – Coburn v. Family Insurance Solutions 2014 BCCA 7
The BC Court of Appeal recently reconsidered the issue of “vacancy” in the context of a denial of coverage under … Read more
“Ryan’s Commander”: The SCC preserves the “historical tradeoff” in marine maritime negligence claims
Introduction In August of last year, the Supreme Court of Canada in Marine Services International Ltd. v. Ryan Estate (2013 SCC) … Read more
Noteworthy 2013 British Columbia Insurance Cases
This review covers three noteworthy cases in insurance law in British Columbia over the past year. Property Insurance – Interruption by … Read more
Recent BC Decisions Affecting Expert Reports and Health Care Costs
Where does the role of the expert end and the role of the trier of fact begin? How have the … Read more
Recent Developments in BC Relating to Claims for Litigation Financing Expenses
In September 2011, Adam Howden-Duke and I co-wrote an article titled “Litigation Finance: Access to Justice at What Cost?” that was … Read more
B.C. Court Addresses the Duty of Care of Backcountry Heli-Skier – Kennedy v. Coe, 2014 BCSC 120
The number of people entering B.C.’s backcountry in search of untouched powder and adventure has increased dramatically in recent years. … Read more