Canada: Personal Injury

Across sectors, government policies built on faulty evidence-based approaches ("EBA") have disproportionately failed women, leading to preventable harm.

The Court of Appeal for Ontario has certified a class action against the manufacturer of a stolen handgun used to carry out the 2018 mass shooting on Danforth Avenue in Toronto, reversing in part the motion judge's decision below.

In Eberhardt v Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, 2025 BCSC 1069, the Supreme Court of British Columbia considered the scope of a claimant's duty to investigate and identify an unknown owner/driver alleged to have caused an accident when they seek compensation from the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC)