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DISCOVERABILITY OF SOCIAL MEDIA EVIDENCE
WHAT IS SOCIAL MEDIA? It encompasses a broad range of websites such as social networking sites, professional networking sites, blogs, … Read more
COURT APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENTS
Overview Any proceeding involving a person under legal disability must be started or defended by his/her litigation guardian. Under Rule … Read more
Defence Counsel and Coverage Issues: Assisting Insurers in Avoiding Bad Faith Claims
The changing legal landscape respecting the duties of insurers and the consequences of breaching those duties has an impact on … Read more
Bars to Subrogation in the Landlord/Tenant and Strata Arenas
Subrogation is the right of an insurance company which has indemnified an insured for a loss suffered at the hands … Read more
Insurers and Security for Costs Applications
The BC Supreme Court has ruled that evidence relating to insurance coverage can be used to resist an application to … Read more
Court accepts a lesser management fee is warranted following reduction of the discount rate in the Law and Equity Act
Best v Thomas 2014 BCSC 2487 (CanLII) In British Columbia, regulations under the Law and Equity Act set out the … Read more
Coverage for cyber-liability under the CGL policy
In September last year, at the CLEBC Insurance Law Conference, the author presented a paper on the topic of coverage … Read more
Court of Appeal reins in punitive and aggravated damages awards
The largest awards for punitive and aggravated damages against an insurer in Canadian jurisprudence have been reduced by the Saskatchewan … Read more
Asset Sales versus Share Sales
Here’s a link to Peter Ferrari’s Corporate Law Blog post on the differences between an Asset Sale and a Share … Read more
Recreational League Soccer Team Captain Found Liable for Team Member Breaking the Rules
Forestieri v. Urban Recreation Ltd., 2015 BCSC 249 In a recent BC Supreme Court decision a recreational soccer team organizer … Read more