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Insurance law 2021 BCCA 65

Surespan Structures Ltd. v. Lloyds Underwriters

The Court of Appeal held that the professional liability policy’s mitigation of loss coverage was not subject to the $10 million limit and upheld special costs.

  • Professional liability insurance
  • Mitigation of loss coverage
  • Policy limits
  • Special costs
  • Insurance-law
  • Contract-interpretation
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Insurance law C44870

Kenneth James and James & Associates v. Lawyers' Professional IndemnityCompany

The Court held that the facts and admissions established that the appellant arranged the mortgage transactions as an intermediary and therefore the claim falls within the mortgage intermediary exclusion of the LawPro policy; consequently LawPro's refusal to provide defence cost coverage was correct and reasonable, and the appeal was dismissed.

  • Professional liability insurance
  • Mortgage broker exclusion
  • Notwithstanding clause
  • Defence cost coverage
  • Interpretation of insurance policy
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Contract law 2004 BCSC 1629

Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia v. Neale Staniszkis Doll Adams Architects et al,

The court held that a limitation of liability clause in an architect-client agreement extended to a subconsultant and was capped by the architect’s available professional liability insurance.

  • Privity of contract
  • Extension of contractual limitation to third parties/agents
  • Contract interpretation
  • Professional liability insurance
  • Limitation periods
  • Privity-of-contract
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