Insurance
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August 06, 2025
Alberta introduces new rules to crack down on predatory behaviour by tow truck operators
Alberta’s government has introduced new rules to crack down on predatory tow trucking practices. The measures are aimed at bad actors who use high-pressure tactics to coerce drivers at collision scenes. Previously, the province had no specific penalties to address this behaviour, which includes towing vehicles without consent, not providing necessary information to vehicle owners and exploiting emotionally vulnerable individuals who have been involved in a collision.
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August 01, 2025
Canada faces 35% U.S. tariffs as trade tensions escalate, putting focus on CUSMA compliance
Canadian political and business leaders are charting divergent strategies to navigate the new reality of 35 per cent U.S. tariffs on goods not compliant with the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), with responses ranging from calls for economic sovereignty to urgent pleas for small business relief.
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July 31, 2025
SCC rules Ontario court lacks jurisdiction over Ont. man’s tort claims against Italian defendants
In an important private international law judgment on the jurisdiction of Canadian courts over tort claims involving foreign defendants, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled 5-4 that an Ontario court does not have jurisdiction to determine tort claims launched against three Italian companies by an Ontario resident injured on a holiday in Venice. On July 31, 2025, Justice Suzanne Côté, writing for the top court’s majority, dismissed the appeal of injured plaintiff Duncan Sinclair and his spouse, Michelle Sinclair, from a 2023 Ontario Court of Appeal decision that stayed the plaintiffs’ Ontario Superior Court damages claims, for lack of jurisdiction: Sinclair v. Venezia Turismo, 2025 SCC 27.
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July 31, 2025
Small and medium banks failed to meet federal complaint handling standards, FCAC review finds
Canada’s consumer banking watchdog has found significant compliance failures among small and medium-sized banks in meeting federally mandated complaint handling requirements introduced under its Financial Consumer Protection Framework.
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July 29, 2025
Trudeau Liberals increased diversity of federal benches; female jurists made big gains: report
The former Trudeau government’s nine-year push for diversity in federal appointments since 2016 saw big progress for female jurists — who now make up 49 per cent of all federally appointed judges — along with significant gains for jurists who self-identify as Indigenous, racialized, ethnic, 2SLGBTQI+ or as having a disability, according to the latest information from the Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs.
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July 28, 2025
Alberta Court of Appeal rules on possessory lien enforceability in split decision
The Alberta Court of Appeal has issued a split decision in a complex commercial dispute involving possessory liens, with the majority ruling that a storage company cannot retain possession of pipe worth over $3 million after litigation delays rendered its debt claims unenforceable.
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July 25, 2025
Appeal dismissed despite trial judge’s concession error
In Insurance Corporation of British Columbia v. Dhaliwal, 2025 BCCA 142, the British Columbia Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal brought by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia and two individual defendants challenging a trial award of damages to the plaintiff, Balbir Dhaliwal, arising from two motor vehicle accidents.
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July 24, 2025
Securities regulator takes steps to ease access to Bank of Canada fund for some investment funds
In a bid to promote market stability, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has announced coordinated blanket orders to help make the Bank of Canada’s Contingent Term Repo Facility (CTRF) fund more accessible to eligible investment funds.
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July 24, 2025
AI liability is rising: How will insurers respond?
AI is making its way into nearly every industry, but what happens when it causes harm? Who is legally responsible? Courts, lawmakers — and insurers — are still figuring that out. Recent cases and studies provide some insight into how tort law may evolve.
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July 23, 2025
G20 finance ministers discuss international tax reforms and debt relief framework in South Africa
Finance ministers and central bank governors from the world’s 20 largest economies (G20) have concluded their third meeting of the year in Durban, South Africa, by endorsing several initiatives with potential legal and regulatory implications for international finance and taxation.