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Recent news and upcoming seminars from Blaney McMurtry LLP

 en-ca Copyright 2008, Blaney McMurtry LLP Insurance Law: Spring Update 2008 http://www.blaney.com/announcment/practicearea/insurancedefencelitigation/insurance-law-spring-update-2008 http://www.blaney.com/announcment/practicearea/insurancedefencelitigation/insurance-law-spring-update-2008 The firm’s Insurance Group will be presenting an important information session for clients of the firm at the Ontario Bar Association Conference Centre on May 15, 2008.

The scheduled speakers include:

]]> Mark Lichty and Dominic Clarke Guest Speakers at Canadian Insurance Coverage Symposium http://www.blaney.com/announcment/practicearea/insurancedefencelitigation/may-13-2008 http://www.blaney.com/announcment/practicearea/insurancedefencelitigation/may-13-2008 Mark Lichty and Dominic Clarke will be guest speakers at the Pacific Business & Law Institute’s Canadian Insurance Coverage Symposium in Vancouver, BC on June 11 and 12, 2008. Mark Lichty will discuss The “New” CGL: Emerging Topics.  Dominic Clarke’s topic will be Personal Injury Coverage in the Internet World.  Find further details and registration information here.  Blaney McMurtry clients are eligible for a 15% discount on the registration fee (Discount Code F15-709). ]]> Stephen Moore Discusses Impact of Ontario’s Bill 18 in Lawyers Weekly http://www.blaney.com/announcment/practicearea/insurancedefencelitigation/may-13-2008-c http://www.blaney.com/announcment/practicearea/insurancedefencelitigation/may-13-2008-c In his article, Who to Sue when Leased Cars Collide, published in the May 2, 2008 issue of The Lawyers Weekly, Stephen Moore discusses Ontario’s Bill 18 which makes renters and lessees vicariously liable for the negligence of automobile drivers.  That Bill also caps the maximum liability of owners of rental and leased cars at $1 Million. According to Mr. Moore, those changes mean that plaintiff and defence counsel should modify their approach when determining who to sue following a motor vehicle collision, in order to ensure that they have identified the lessee or renter of any involved vehicle. If you would like more information on this issue, please contact Mr. Moore at smoore@blaney.com

 

]]> Rod Winsor guest speaker at Catastrophic Injury Claims Conference http://www.blaney.com/announcment/practicearea/insurancedefencelitigation/april-3-2008-b http://www.blaney.com/announcment/practicearea/insurancedefencelitigation/april-3-2008-b Rod Winsor was a speaker at Federated Press's conference, Litigating Catastrophic Injury Claims held on April 2, 2008 in Toronto. Rod spoke about "Additional Obligations Faced by the Insurer in Bad Faith Claims". ]]> Blaneys Lawyers Selected for 2008 Lexpert Directory http://www.blaney.com/announcment/practicearea/insurancedefencelitigation/march-24-2008-b http://www.blaney.com/announcment/practicearea/insurancedefencelitigation/march-24-2008-b Geza R. Banfai (Construction), Mark G. Lichty (Insurance Coverage/Litigation)), Stephen R. Moore (Insurance/Personal Injury Litigation), Margaret E. Rintoul (Wills and Estates), Marcus B. Snowden (Insurance Coverage/Litigation) and Roderick S.W. Winsor (Commercial Insurance Litigation) have been selected by their peers in Lexpert's annual survey for inclusion in the 2008 Lexpert Canadian Legal Directory as leading practitioners in their respective areas of practice. ]]> Blaneys Lawyers Listed in 2008 Guide to the World's Leading Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers http://www.blaney.com/announcment/practicearea/insurancedefencelitigation/march-11-2008-a http://www.blaney.com/announcment/practicearea/insurancedefencelitigation/march-11-2008-a Crawford W. Spratt, Mark G. Lichty, Dominic T. Clarke and Roderick S.W. Winsor have been selected for inclusion in the 2008 Guide to the World's Leading Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers, published by Euromoney Leading Guides. The Guide is an international directory of the world's leading practitioners in a number of different areas of business law. ]]> "Good Faith in Canadian Insurance Law" published by Canada Law Book http://www.blaney.com/announcment/practicearea/insurancedefencelitigation/january-9-2008 http://www.blaney.com/announcment/practicearea/insurancedefencelitigation/january-9-2008 Good Faith in Canadian Insurance Law, authored by Rod Winsor, has just been published by Canada Law Book. Rod's book is a new loose-leaf service that will help give practitioners and insurance professionals the information they need when dealing with bad faith claims in insurance law. ]]> 10th Anniversary of "Annotated Commercial General Liability Policy" http://www.blaney.com/announcment/practicearea/insurancedefencelitigation/november-26-2007 http://www.blaney.com/announcment/practicearea/insurancedefencelitigation/november-26-2007 Mark Lichty and Marcus Snowden on the 10th anniversary of their co-authored text, Annotated Commercial General Liability Policy, published by Canada Law Book. To mark this very significant accomplishment, Canada Law Book has announced that this year there will be two volumes in two releases. Going forward the text will be released yearly in two volumes. ]]>