Managing Partner
"Excellence matters."
A civil litigator focused on municipal liability, personal injury and insurance, and a Deputy Judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario since 2003.
David Morin is the Managing Partner of Davidson Cahill Morrison LLP. His practice is civil litigation, with a particular focus on personal injury, municipal liability, product liability and professional negligence. He has acted for property owners in leading building-inspection appeals at the Court of Appeal for Ontario, including Breen v Lake of Bays (Township) and Tokarz v Selwyn (Township), and he represents seriously injured people in personal injury and insurance matters.
Beyond his own practice, David has served as a Deputy Judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario since 2003. He is a past president of the Muskoka Law Association and has chaired both the Audit Committee and the Paralegal Regulation Sub-Committee of the Ontario Bar Association. He is a member of the Ontario Bar Association, the Advocates' Society and the American Association for Justice.
David acts across the firm's plaintiff-side and litigation work. His main areas are:
A selection of David's reported decisions. Each links to the full judgment on CanLII.
From the blog
Notes and commentary on recent decisions and developments.
Does a title insurer have to pay to repair a home, or can it demolish the offending work and pay the lost value instead? In a $1.1M TitlePLUS dispute over unpermitted construction on a Winnipeg home, the Court of King’s Bench of Manitoba answered (2025 MBKB 131). The decision is persuasive only in Ontario and is now under appeal.
Our Insurance Litigation group at Davidson Cahill Morrison LLP continues to receive inquiries from homeowners that have claims under the title insurance policies they purchased
My previous posts have been written for homeowners and discussed considerations related to whether or not they have a claim under their title insurance policy.
The Huntsville Team
David works with an experienced group of law clerks, a paralegal and a legal assistant at the firm's Huntsville office. They are your day-to-day points of contact on a file.
Emma Burton
Paralegal
Cydney Jones
Law Clerk
Helen Pozdeev
Law Clerk
Tania Quinlan
Legal Assistant
Davidson Cahill Morrison LLP
For a building inspection or building code dispute, a title insurance claim, or a serious injury, David and his team are ready to help. The first conversation is straightforward and without obligation.
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