Ottawa law firms Hamilton | Appotive LLP and Kelly Santini LLP are very pleased to announce that the two firms joined together on January 1, 2016. Both firms were started 40 years ago and have been leaders in the Ottawa legal community. Each firm has built a reputation for delivering…
Dube v. RBC Life Insurance Company, 2015 ONCA 641 – In this case the respondent Dube was unable to return to work after he was injured in a car accident. His employer had a group insurance policy with the appellant RBC, providing long term disability benefits to employees. When Dube…
Machaj v. RBC General Insurance Company, 2015 ONSC 4310 – This is motion for summary judgment brought by the defendants on the basis that the plaintiff’s action is statute barred. On January 6th, 2009, the Plaintiff applied for Determination of Catastrophic Impairment. On May 25, 2009, the insurer responded by…
Kelly Santini’s Andrew Godfrey and Mike D’Aloisio acted for a Crown Corporation, as lender, in the $3.6 Million secured financing of an Ottawa-based automobile retailer with assets in Quebec and Ontario.
Imagine discovering that the previous owner of the house you purchased had illegally removed a retaining wall and the municipality was demanding you bring the structure back up to the building code at your cost. Now imagine that the courts have ruled your title insurance policy on the property is…
Bob Ford and Michael Leaver advised Ottawa-based Kuatro Technologies Inc. on its recent acquisition of a Tier 1 OEM Engineering and Development Centre located in Virginia. Kuatro is a global provider of custom engineered software solutions. Further details on the acquisition can be found in the Kuatro announcement. Kelly Santini…
It has been another busy year in the Ontario courts for the insurance industry. In this insurance law webinar, Mitch Kitagawa updates participants on decisions from 2015 which will touch upon how files are handled in the future. Watch the Webinar Cases covered include: Green may not always mean “go”…
For any home buyer, especially if you are buying your first home, the process can be daunting and full of surprises. The better informed you are the easier and less stressful the process will be. Your lawyer is in your corner helping you and keeping you informed throughout the process….
