CIRA Announces Implementation Date For New CDRP Policy and Rules
Canadian Internet Registration Authority announced revised Dispute Resolution Policy and Rules to take effect Aug. 22, 2011
Larry Yen opens the market at the TSX with Asia Packaging Group Inc.
On Monday, July 18, 2011, Asia Packaging Group Inc. (TSXV: APX) completed their successful qualifying transaction on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) with Mei Tak ... Continued
Proposed New BCUC Rules for Electricity Supply Contracts
Update on the BCUC’s propsed Rules for Electricity Energy Supply Contracts.
Court’s Discretion to Correct Wills Enhanced Under New Act
British Columbia’s Wills Act contains many technical requirements for executing a will. While these rules are designed to protect against fraud, they can also create ... Continued
Supreme Court of Canada Clarifies Unjust Enrichment Principles
The Supreme Court of Canada has recently released an important decision which caps a recent trend to expand the meaning of “juristic reason” in the ... Continued
The Role of an Insurance Adjuster in Property Insurance Claims
Updated April 2013 Many would argue that claims and, more specifically, the handling of claims, is where "the rubber meets the road" in the insurance ... Continued
Raman Johal on changes to the Insurance Act
Raman Johal is quoted in the July 7 issue of Canadian Underwriter, in the article “B.C. changes Insurance Act to protect co-insureds”. The article discusses ... Continued
Latest Word from the Supreme Court of Canada on Collective Bargaining
On April 29, 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada weighed in again on the issue of collective bargaining rights. In Ontario (Attorney General) v. Fraser ... Continued
Employment Practices Liability Insurance: Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be?
Employment Practices Liability (EPL) insurance has been around a while (since the late 1990’s) but we don’t often see it discussed in Canadian case law. ... Continued
“Double Recovery” Permitted for Some Statutory Benefits
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal recently confirmed that it was unlawful for an employer to make deductions from statutory severance pay owed to a terminated ... Continued
On-Campus Commercial Businesses Now Subject to Property Tax
In an earlier Campus Counsel article, we reported on the First Reading in the Legislature of the Minister of Finance’s Bill 2, the Budget Measures ... Continued
New Innocent Co-Insured Provision of BC’s Insurance Act Now in Force
In our article “A Brave New World” we took you through the history of the Insurance Amendment Act, 2009 (the “Act”) and the expected changes ... Continued