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Welcome and Introduction

Richard B. Lindsay, QC — Lindsay LLP, Vancouver

Insurance Case Law

• an update of key decisions 2012/2013
• current coverage: cases of note
• cases decided and waiting to be decided

Shelley Braun — Intact Insurance Company, Vancouver
Kate A. Jenkins — Bilkey Law LLP, Kamloops
Julie K. Lamb — Guild Yule LLP, Vancouver

Extrinsic Evidence and the Coverage Case

• the rule and its exceptions
• the importance of pleadings

John M. Moshonas — Whitelaw Twining Law Corporation, Vancouver 

Networking Break

Ethics and Tactics in Bad Faith Litigation

• dealing with the tripartite relationship
• document production and discovery issues
• problems with privilege

Gordon G. Hilliker, QC — Barrister and Solicitor, Belcarra
Nigel P. Kent — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver

Recent Developments in Allocation of Insurance Money Among Competing Claims and in the Face of Impending Policy Limits

• beware the different public policy concerns between motor vehicle and non-motor vehicle claims
• the “early bird” gets the insurance money in non-motor vehicle claims involving multiple parties
• risks of long tail exposures and insufficient quantum analysis in motor vehicle claims

Neil C. Carfra — Carfra & Lawton, Victoria

Networking Lunch

Liability for the Acts of Children

• potential coverage concerns
• role of parents and policy response
• when and at what age is the child responsible

Mark R.S. Hufton — Lindsay LLP, Vancouver
Christine L. Stewart — Lindsay LLP, Vancouver

Arbitrating the UMP Claim

• when?
• why?
• how?
• deductible amount issues
• finding UMP decisions

Donald W. Yule, QC — Guild Yule LLP, Vancouver

Networking Break

Additional Insured

• distinction: additional insured vs. named insured
• scope of coverage afforded
• “liability arising out of" named insured’s “operations”
  • what is causal nexus?
  • scope of operations?

Judith P. Kennedy — Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, Vancouver

A Primer on Construction Insurance Law

• the ins and outs of the construction insurance matrix
• what is covered; what isn’t covered
• novel exclusions and current issues

David L. Miachika, PEng — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver                                                  

Concluding Remarks

Richard B. Lindsay, QC — Lindsay LLP, Vancouver