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Stopping the Revolution in its Tracks: The Supreme Court of Canada Decides Lemare Lake Logging Ltd. v. 3L Cattle Company Ltd.
1 décembre 2015
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Le réseau alimentaire : les agroentreprises canadiennes et le droit en matière d'alimentation
On November 13, 2015, the Supreme Court rendered its decision in Lemare Lake Logging Ltd. v. 3L Cattle Company Ltd. (2015 SCC 53) (“Lemare Lake”). Read the Court’s decision. The majority overruled the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal decision, which we wrote about...
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Does Uber insure all of us? Uber Users Buyer Beware
1 décembre 2015
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
The “sharing economy” is on the rise and there is little chance of ebbing its tide. Popular sharing services such as airbnb, Lyft, Zipcar, Car2go and AutoShare have been in business for almost a decade but UberX appears to be...
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Case Comment: Hoang v. The Personal Insurance Company of Canada
27 novembre 2015
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
Case Comment: Hoang v. The Personal Insurance Company of Canada Recently, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice considered indemnity and documentary disclosure obligations in the context of an action in which a plaintiff sought a declaration that the insurer of...
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Cobb v. Long Estate, 2015 ONSC 6799, November 13, 2015
27 novembre 2015
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
Following a four week jury trial, Justice Belch heard the plaintiff’s motion to settle terms of Judgment. The jury awarded $220,000 for all claims including $50,000 for past wage loss and $100,000 for future economic loss. After deducting collateral benefits...
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Square Pegs in Round Holes: Adjusting Claims Involving Rideshare Drivers
23 novembre 2015
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
CampusLifts. Haxi. Kangaride. Lyft. Sidecar. Summon. UberX. Wingz. Sound familiar? They are colloquially known as “rideshare” services or transportation network companies (TNC). TNC’s typically do not provide transportation services themselves. Instead, they provide an online-enabled platform to connect passengers with...
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Insurers Continue Success with Limitation Period Defences
23 novembre 2015
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
Following the Court of Appeal’s decisions in Sietzema v. Economical Insurance, 2014 ONCA 111 (CanLII), 118 O.R. (3d) 713 and Sagan v. Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company, 2014 ONCA 720 (CanLII), insurers have continued to see success with the...
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Saskatchewan government releases bill updating its essential services’ legislation
12 novembre 2015
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Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
In a headline-making decision released in January, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada found that the Saskatchewan government’s changes to essential services legislation violated the constitutionally recognized rights of workers to take job action under the Charter of Rights and...
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Action for Underinsurance Coverage Dismissed where Insured Settled Florida Action for less than Available Limits
11 novembre 2015
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
In a recently reported case, Kovacevic et al. v ING Insurance Company of Canada et al., 2015 ONSC 3415, the court has ruled that an insured may not settle an action for less than the tortfeasor’s available policy limits and...
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Who’s an Expert?: The Last Word on Westerhof v. Gee Estate
6 novembre 2015
Blogue : Droit des assurances
Author: Caroline Meyer The Supreme Court recently denied leave to Appeal the Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision in Westerhof v. Gee, leaving the Court of Appeal’s decision as the final word on the important issue of the application of Rule...
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Proposed Changes to Saskatchewan Farm Land Ownership Restrictions To Tighten – How Far Do They Go?
4 novembre 2015
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Le réseau alimentaire : les agroentreprises canadiennes et le droit en matière d'alimentation
Over the past few years, it has become progressively more difficult for foreign individuals and entities to invest in farmland in Saskatchewan, whether directly via ownership of land, or by lending to those who will be the owners, a topic...
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