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Insurance oversight bodies seek public input on recommendations

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Heather Vaughan
Heather Vaughan
Partner at Benson Percival Brown LLP
(416) 977-9777
hvaughan@bensonpercival.com
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Two oversight bodies for Canada’s insurance regulators are seeking public input on new recommendations which will likely bring some regulations under a common set of national and international standards, Toronto insurance defence lawyer Heather Vaughan tells The Lawyer’s Daily. The legal publication reports that the Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators (CCIR) and the Canadian Insurance […]

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Spilled coffee case shows that employees and employers face risks

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Heather Vaughan
Heather Vaughan
Partner at Benson Percival Brown LLP
(416) 977-9777
hvaughan@bensonpercival.com
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The Ontario Court of Appeal (OCA) has set the record straight in ruling that employees may be personally liable for their own negligent conduct while carrying out duties in the course of their employment, says insurance defence lawyer Heather Vaughan. The ruling “is also a reminder that the employer will generally be found liable for

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Liability decision a warning to businesses fronting sidewalks

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Heather Vaughan
Heather Vaughan
Partner at Benson Percival Brown LLP
(416) 977-9777
hvaughan@bensonpercival.com
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Businesses that open onto city sidewalks should reassess their risk levels after Starbucks was found liable for a woman’s injuries in a fall, says Toronto insurance defence lawyer Heather Vaughan. In its recent decision, the Court of Appeal for Ontario upheld a lower court ruling that found the coffee chain responsible under Ontario’s Occupiers’ Liability

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Schoolyard injuries show the value of liability insurance

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Heather Vaughan
Heather Vaughan
Partner at Benson Percival Brown LLP
(416) 977-9777
hvaughan@bensonpercival.com
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Parents should make sure their home insurance is up to date in case playground roughhousing makes their children the target of a lawsuit, says Toronto insurance defence lawyer Heather Vaughan. In a recent article, the Toronto Star recounts the story of a schoolyard pushing prank involving Grade 5 children that ended with one of them

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The ever-changing world of insurance law keeps Vaughan busy

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Heather Vaughan
Heather Vaughan
Partner at Benson Percival Brown LLP
(416) 977-9777
hvaughan@bensonpercival.com
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Toronto insurance lawyer Heather Vaughan’s instincts about the sort of law she wanted to practice and the kind of firm for which she wanted to work were finely tuned right out of law school. Attracted to litigation, she articled with Benson Percival Brown LLP as a student and has been there ever since, joining the

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