On December 12, 2024, the lawyers and staff of Davidson Cahill Morrison LLP celebrated the holiday season together with a family style lunch at Gusto 501.
On behalf of our firm, we wish all our friends and colleagues the best over the holidays.
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.
A subrogating insurer steps into its insured’s shoes, and inherits its insured’s contractual breaches along the way. In Chippewas v Sexton’s Mechanical Limited, the owner cancelled the required builder’s risk policy before occupancy and before the loss. On summary judgment, the subrogated claim was dismissed. A cautionary read for insurers and contractors alike.
Proving surgical negligence means proving what happened behind the closed doors of an operating room, often with no independent witnesses and operative notes written hours later. At the OTLA Spring Conference 2026, Paul Cahill presents on the difficult line between surgical “never events” and “recognized complications,” and why outcome alone is never enough to establish liability.
How do personal injury firms build and sustain a winning practice in an increasingly competitive market? On March 25, 2026, Paul Cahill joins a panel of experienced practitioners to discuss case selection, niche development, the effective use of expert evidence, and the operational systems behind long-term firm growth.
