By Peter Neufeld ( June 5, 2020, 8:52 AM EDT) -- It is arguable that, generally speaking, a beneficiary would be denied insurance proceeds if they caused the death of the deceased, based on both the “slayer rule” and ex turpi causa non oritur actio (“no right of action arises from a base cause”) (see Brissette Estate v. Westbury Life Insurance Co. [1992] 3 S.C.R. 87). This ex turpi causa doctrine has already found common application in insurance law. The Supreme Court of Canada in Hall v. Hebert [1993] 2 S.C.R. 159 cited the origins of the ex turpi causa doctrine in the notion that one should not receive life insurance proceeds after murdering the deceased:...