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Duty to Defend Canada

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Who Should Pay? Ontario Court of Appeal Provides Needed Guidance on Allocation of Defence Costs Among Insurers for Class Actions...

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In Loblaw Companies Limited v. Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada, 2024 ONCA 145, the Ontario Court of Appeal, among other things, overturned the lower court’s finding that insureds were entitled to seek 100% of...more

Bennett Jones LLP

It's Not "All the Facts and Nothing but the Facts": Assessing an Insurer's Duty to Defend

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In Optrics Inc. v Lloyd’s Underwriters, 2022 ABCA 26 [Optrics] the Alberta Court of Appeal highlights the limits on summary applications by insureds seeking confirmation that an insurer must defend a claim against the...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Alberta Court Releases Precedent-Setting Decision on Insurers’ Right and Duty to Defend

In its recent decision in Temple Insurance Company v. Sazwan, the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta (Court) considered the scope of, and exceptions to, an insurer’s right and duty to defend. This is the first decision in...more

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