CLE Online

Introduction

Gorillas and Gators: Negligent Supervision of Children

• recent notable cases
• coverage issues – exclusions and conflicts
• defending and adding third parties
• apportionment of liability – fault versus causation

Sandra A. Besanger — Besanger Law, Kamloops

The Use and Abuse of Extrinsic Evidence in Coverage Cases

• working with and against the parole evidence rule
• expert evidence in coverage cases
• proving commercial “intent” – how?

Scott W. Urquhart — Lindsay LLP, Vancouver

Networking Break

Faulty Workmanship – The Exclusion That Keeps On Ticking

• the case before the SCC – Ledcor Construction v.  Northbridge Indemnity Insurance
• insights of counsel on where the court may go
• views of the insurer and the insured

Stacey L. Boothman — Ledcor Industries Inc., Vancouver
Gregory J.  Tucker, QC — Owen Bird Law Corporation, Vancouver 

Networking Break

Insurance Coverage Issues in the “Sharing Economy”

• impact on the future of the Canadian insurance industry
• coverage and liability issues arising out of ride-sharing (Uber), home-sharing (AirBnb) and delivery (Flex) apps to the emergence of “peer-to-peer” lending
• how these shared services are structured and regulated
• insurance issues that have emerged in Canada and the US arising out of the “gig economy”

Jonathan D. Meadows — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
Daniel J. Reid — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver

Mediation in the Insurance Context

• how insufficient insurance or lack of insurance impacts the mediation
• approaches to multi-party insurance coverage issues
• pointers on mediating the coverage dispute

Mary Ellen Boyd — Singleton Urquhart LLP, Vancouver

Networking Break

Handling Your First Arson Defence Case For An Insurer

• making the decision to deny and conducting the investigation
• litigation privilege
• presenting the case
• the burden of proof
• pitfalls for counsel

David Bilkey — Bilkey Law Corporation, Kamloops

Homeowner's Policies and the Family Member Exclusion

• is an insured covered for injury to a family member?
• The BC Supreme Court held that coverage applies: Gill v. Ivanhoe Cambridge
• the Ontario Court of Appeal refused coverage based on the same family member exclusion

Christopher Rhone — Branch MacMaster LLP, Vancouver