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Business interruption and business income insurance are meant to protect against monetary losses when your business temporarily comes to a halt. The purpose is to offset the losses you incur during the emergency.
Anyone who has lived through a winter in British Columbia (even relatively mild Vancouver) has encountered an icy sidewalk that was not cleared properly or at all. According to statistics from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (https://www.cihi.ca/en), falls on ice are the most common cause of sport and winter injury hospitalizations in Canada, with over 8,800 reported hospitalizations from 2019 to 2020.
According to the Divorce Act, a breakdown of a marriage may be established when you and your spouse have ‘lived separate and apart’ for at least one year.
Employers may not think of domestic violence as a workplace issue. However, legislation across Canada creates obligations for employers in the workplace relating to domestic violence.
Co – Insurance clause is a policy wording to insure you as the policy holder insure to the true replacement cost of the property or at a least to minimum level in order not to be a co pay in a partial loss.
In our recent blog post, we discussed the rights and responsibilities of individual homeowners when accidents happen on an icy sidewalk. What about commercial property owners? Do they have different obligations and rights?
The purpose of the Intimate Images Protection Act is to enable individuals whose private images, or likeness, have been shared, published, or made available, without their consent, regain control of the images and seek redress.
While most loan agreements and mortgages documents contain a contractual right allowing the lender to recover indemnity (actual) legal costs in foreclosure proceedings
