Canada: A Valid Application Is Required To Claim Entitlement To A Benefit

Imagine an Ontario homeowner walks into your office asking whether she has a case against her insurance company relating to a fire that destroyed her home.

Service contracts as between sophisticated parties often contain numerous indemnity and insurance provisions, subject to specific terms.

On May 9, the Ontario Superior Court released a decision which reminds us of three important lessons:

This article identifies a significant development in 2016 in British Columbia jurisprudence with respect to insureds' claims for litigation privilege over adjusters' reports produced well before....

In a recent decision, of Wilken v. Sunlife, the Ontario Court of Appeal has confirmed that a long-term disability insurer is entitled to enforce the wording of the policy where a participant's action...

Court notes "legislative intention that all but the most significant tort claims should be eliminated and injured motorists be largely confined to claiming no fault benefits under their own insurance policies"

A recent Supreme Court decision tackled two issues that have proven complex in Nova Scotia law: summary judgment and limitation periods.

The Court of Appeal has released the long awaited priority decision on the Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company v. Unifund Assurance Company, 2018 ONCA 303.

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