The Supreme Court of Canada recently held that limitation periods begin to run when the plaintiff knows, or ought to know, the material facts upon which a “plausible inference of...

Warning re Private Mortgages in Real Estate The following is an excerpt from a fraud warning recently posted to the AvoidAClaim website (provided through LAWPRO, a malpractice insurance carrier for Ontario lawyers), with...

As set out in the notice of July 23, 2021, Homewood’s Employee and Family Assistance Program was the victim of a cyber security incident involving unauthorized access to its computer...

The Lawyers’ Insurance Programme has become aware of a cyber incident in which a fraudster hacked into an email account of an assistant at a St. John’s law firm. The...

Beware – law firms are often targets of email hackers and they could be reading your emails right now! In one case, a firm’s email system was compromised and a...

You can now request the 2021-2022 Cyber Coverage Policy via email at insurance@lsnl.ca. We encourage members and firms to review and consider all of the insurance policy’s terms and conditions....

Get Cyber Safe is a national public awareness campaign created to inform Canadians about cyber security and the simple steps we can take to protect ourselves online. Members may find...

Four Tips for Curing the Common Claim 1. Document your client’s decision not to pursue viable causes of action for ‘personal’ reasons. What if your client tells you not to...