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The recent decision of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Re McGavin Estate, 2023 BCSC 819 (25 April 2023, E. McDonald J. confirms the broad scope of the "validation power" contained in section 58 of British Columbia's Wills, Estates and Succession Act (WESA).
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A recent decision by the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench (the Court or ABQB) affirmed the duty of utmost good faith owed by insurers to their policyholders. In Barata v Intact Insurance Company, 2021 ABQB 419 [Barata], the Court stated that there is an implied obligation in every insurance contract that insurers are to deal with claims in good faith and held that disclosure to police by an insurance investigator resulted in a breach of this obligation.
In Petz v. Duguay, 2017 ABQB 90, the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta awarded a total of $76,028 to the Plaintiff following injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident on September 12, 2004 (the Accident). The matter took four weeks to try and involved testimony from a number of experts — the Plaintiff called nine experts while the Defendant called five. As a result of her injuries, the Plaintiff claimed damages in excess of $1 million.
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