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Risk Management Considerations for Waivers of Liability Update

In May 2012, we released an article on the important role that waivers play in a well-managed risk management...

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Risk Management Considerations for Waivers of Liability

In Loychuk v. Cougar Mountain Adventures Ltd. (2011), 81 C.C.L.T. (3d) 89, 2011 CarswellBC 275 (B.C. S.C.), th...

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Risk Management Considerations for the Process of Litigation

Our claims department is often asked by our clients about the status of a claim during litigation. We thought...

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Risk Management Considerations for Bill C-45 Criminal Liability of Organizations

Bill C-45 is federal legislation that amended the Canadian Criminal Code. It became effective March 31st, 2004...

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Claim Case Studies & Legislation: Public Skating - Potozny v. City of Burnaby, 2001 (BCSC)

It was a winter wonderland inside the local arena. Trees were set up along the ice rink, Christmas lights were...

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Claim Case Studies & Legislation for the Tendering Process

Until the Supreme Court of Canada dramatically altered the law in 1981, the rules governing tender calls were...

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Claim Case Study Tobogganing

A 13 year old boy was out tobogganing with his brother and some friends at a hill near their home. The hill wa...

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Claim Case Study Slip and Fall at a Municipal Building

The plaintiff was a bantam hockey league commissioner. As commissioner, he was required to attend and observe...

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Bellefleur v. City of London, 2002

The plaintiff and her two small children were walking along the shoulder of the road because the street didn't...

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