News & Insights

Out of Bounds: When an Insurer’s Investigation of a First Party Claim Goes Too Far

By Denny Chung Aviva Insurance Company of Canada v. Ebhodaghe, 2021 ONSC 7343 provides a reminder to insurers: tread carefully when accusing your insureds of ... Continued

Articles April 20, 2022

A Warm Welcome to Clark Wilson’s New Partner, Jessica Anderson

We’re pleased to welcome Jessica Anderson, our newest partner, to Clark Wilson. Jessica joins us after working in-house for two of North America’s biggest forest ... Continued

Firm News April 19, 2022

Welcome New Associate Allison Sharkey

We’d like to warmly welcome the newest member of our Estates & Trusts group, Allison Sharkey. Allison advises clients on the preparation of wills, powers ... Continued

Firm News April 14, 2022

Budget 2022: Important Changes Impacting Real Estate

By Jimmy Zhang The Federal Government has released Budget 2022: A Plan to Grow Our Economy and Make Life More Affordable (the “Budget”). In connection ... Continued

Articles April 14, 2022

Pre-Sale Assignments attract GST starting May 7 2022

On April 7, 2022, the Government of Canada released Budget 2022: A Plan to Grow Our Economy and Make Life More Affordable. As part of ... Continued

Articles April 11, 2022

Unionization Made Simpler in BC

By Employment & Labour Today the BC government announced changes to the BC Labour Relations Code that will make the unionization process much simpler for ... Continued

Articles April 7, 2022

No Freestanding Principle that Assumption of Risk Follows a Covenant to Insure

In Capital Sewer Servicing Inc. v. Crosslinx Transit Solutions Constructors, 2022 ONCA 10 affirming 2021 ONSC 1091, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that an ... Continued

Articles April 7, 2022

Child Vaccination – A Decision from Ontario

In February 2023, the Court of Appeal overturned this decision. Please see our updated blog here. Though the world is opening back up, the pandemic ... Continued

Articles March 29, 2022

Lien Claims on Multi-Parcel Projects – Update

We previously reported on the decision of JVD Installations Inc. v Skookum Creek Power Partnership, 2020 BCSC 374, where the BC Supreme Court upheld the ... Continued

Articles March 28, 2022

The American Bar Association Features Article by Scott Lamb and Rosalie Clark

American Bar Association’s Under Construction – Winter 2022 publication features an article written by Clark Wilson partners Scott Lamb and Rosalie Clark, in which they ... Continued

Articles March 24, 2022

Can sharing a hyperlink be considered copyright infringement? Still TBD.

By Michal Jaworski On March 11, 2022, the BC Supreme Court released its decision in Proctorio, Incorporated v Linkletter, 2022 BCSC 400 (CanLII), and it ... Continued

Articles March 23, 2022

Prompt Payment Legislation in Canada – Update

By Scott Lamb and Kim Do What is one thing all contractors are concerned about? Our guess is that they are all concerned that ... Continued

Articles March 17, 2022