WHAT HAPPENED? Major change has come. On December 12, 2017, the Construction Lien Act Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 142) received Royal Assent, and the act formerly known as the Construction Lien Act has had its first major overhaul since 1983. The new legislation is known as the Construction Act. The…
Litigation lawyer Lisa Langevin is no stranger to tough battles. This October, the arena is shifting from the courtroom to the boxing ring. Lisa and her combatant Daphne Ballard, are the first female participants in the annual Heart & Crown Fight for the Cure charity fundraiser for the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation….
Congratulations to Mitch Kitagawa on his recently election as president of Risk Management Counsel of Canada (RMC). RMC is a national association of independent law firms with expertise in meeting the needs of the risk management industry by providing a range of effective services for the insurance industry, risk retention…
Congratulations to Samantha Iturregui on her selection as one of Ottawa’s Forty Under 40. Samantha is a partner in the firm’s litigation group with a practice focused on insurance defence and mortgage enforcement. Equally at ease in both English and French, Samantha has been using her power of persuasion since…
Aviva Insurance Company of Canada v. Erin Dittmann, 2018 CanLII 12956 (SCC) On March 15, 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously dismissed an application for leave to appeal the decision of Dittmann v. Aviva Insurance Company of Canada 2017 ONCA 617 (CanLII), with costs. As we discuss in our…
In Douglas v. Stan Fergusson Fuels Ltd., 2018 ONCA 192, the Court found that an insurer could not pursue a subrogated claim in the name of its bankrupt insured unless it obtained a court order authorizing the action in its own name or used the provisions in the Bankruptcy and…
When speaking to clients about estate planning and their wills, I have found that most people come to meetings having given considerable thought as to how and to whom they would like their assets distributed. This isn’t surprising. After all, a key purpose of preparing a will is to direct…
Congratulation to Sean Bawden on his election as a Trustee for the County of Carleton Law Association. Sean previously served as a Trustee in 2013/14. The CCLA is the second largest law association in Ontario and provides advocacy, legal education, research and guidance to members of the legal community.
