Insurance
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November 21, 2023
Law360 Canada Pulse survey shows work stress remains high for Canadian lawyers
As the legal profession goes through transformative change thanks to things like remote work, one thing is a constant that is likely not going away anytime soon — stress. According to the 2023 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey — which marks Law360 Canada’s first deep dive into the feelings and thoughts that legal professionals have about their jobs — 85 per cent of respondents reported feeling stress at least sometimes, with 33 per cent of the respondents feeling stressed most or all of the time.
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November 21, 2023
Cox & Palmer welcomes seven associates in Halifax
Cox & Palmer welcomed seven new associates to its Halifax office, Kyle Barrie, Alistair Chauhan, James Downie, Sterling Edmonds, Katie O’Keefe, Daniel Irvine and Maxwell McBride.
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November 17, 2023
Quebec tribunal can decide claim B.C. defendants hurt Quebecers in ‘pump and dump’ stock scheme: SCC
In a decision that bolsters cross‑border securities regulation across Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed that Quebec’s Financial Markets Administrative Tribunal (FMAT) does have jurisdiction to decide allegations by Quebec’s financial-sector regulator that four out-of-province defendants participated in an illegal securities manipulation scheme with ties to Quebec that harmed investors in that province.
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November 17, 2023
Ontario court awards plaintiff costs of $2.8 million in reinsurer breach of contract action
The Ontario Superior Court has awarded a fronting reinsurer $2.8 million for costs incurred in an action seeking recovery of a payment made to a lead insurer pursuant to a settlement agreement.
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November 14, 2023
New insurance litigator for Harper Grey
Harper Grey announced that Shelley A. Braun has joined the firm as an associate specializing in subrogated and coverage claims practising with its insurance law group.
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November 14, 2023
There is no cause of action for ‘regulatory nuisance’
Nuisance is a private law tort. It concerns situations where a landowner’s lawful and reasonable use of their property may indirectly harm the property of another or interfere with that person’s ability to use and enjoy their property. The common law of nuisance developed as a means by which those competing lawful interests could be addressed and one given legal priority over the other.
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November 13, 2023
Canada and others aim to implement OECD’s ‘crypto-asset reporting framework’ by 2027
In an effort to stymie the use of crypto-assets to evade taxes in their jurisdictions, Canada and dozens of other countries have signed a formal statement announcing they “intend to work towards swiftly transposing” the international “Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework” (CARF) into their domestic laws and activate automatic information-exchange agreements by 2027.
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November 13, 2023
Blaney McMurtry adds associate
Blaney McMurtry announced that Navid Ghahraei has joined the firm.
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November 10, 2023
Tied SCC rules city liable as ‘employer’ for workplace safety breaches at site of Ontario fatality
In a rare tie judgment, the Supreme Court of Canada has 4-4 rejected a bid to narrow the number of business and other entities exposed to liability as “employers” for workplace safety violations under s. 25(1)(c) of Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA).
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November 10, 2023
Federal Court of Appeal has a new chief justice
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Nov. 9 announced the appointment of the Honourable Yves de Montigny, a judge of the Federal Court of Appeal, as the new chief justice of the Federal Court of Appeal.