Insurance Law 2024/2025

May 15, 2025

Summary of Meetings: Insurance Law

Number of Meetings Held: 4

June 26, 2025
End of Term Networking
Synopsis: Enjoy an evening filled with delicious canapes and opportunities to mingle with colleagues as we wrap of the 2024-2025 section term. This is your chance to construct connections that last a lifetime!
In-Person Registration: 2

April 29, 2025
Additional Insured: Coverage Please

Guest Speakers: Hollis Bromley, Partner, Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP and Justin Abrioux, Lawyer, Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP
Synopsis: Hollis Bromley and Justin Abrioux review insurance coverage principles governing additional insured coverage and how that coverage can result in potentially assuming the defense of another party. They also look at how insured coverage differs from contractual indemnity provisions including conflict considerations and the role of defense counsel.
Online Registration: 61
In-Person Registration: 9

March 13, 2025
Disclosure of Complex Settlement Agreements

Guest Speakers: Kim Yee from Harper Grey 
Synopsis: Kim Yee, Harper Grey, provides an in depth analysis on Disclosure of Complex Settlement Agreements, including the current state of the law on the duty to disclose, what constitutes “immediate” disclosure and the risks for failing to disclose.
Online Registration: 55

November 18, 2024
Giacomini Case - Lowering the Bar to Dismiss for Want of Prosecution

Guest Speakers: Vince Critchley, Managing Partner, QA Law
Synopsis: Vince Critchley discusses the change in the test and whether this change will open the floodgates to dismissal for want of prosecution applications. Vince also offers defendants one more tool to dismiss claims on their merits earlier in the process.
Online Registration: 126