Professor Craig Brown's 5th student edition of Insurance Law in Canada has just been released by Thomson Carswell. He extends his appreciation to Tom Donnelly ('97) and Bruce Thomas of Cassels, Brock & Blackwell LLP, research assistants Roelf Swart ('05) and Jennifer Pyke (2L), and the Law Foundation of Ontario for their support.
As described in the preface to the third edition which appeared in 1997, this work is part of a larger project. Insurance Law in Canada is produced in two forms. In its larger form, it is a two-volume loose-leaf work. The first volume, written by Craig Brown, covers general principles. The second deals with specific types of insurance and is written by some of the insurance lawyers at Cassels, Brock & Blackwell LLP (hence the firm name on the cover) and Randy Bundus, Vice President and General Counsel, Insurance Bureau of Canada. These volumes are updated twice a year.
The shorter form of the work is the student edition. Every few years, the current version of the first volume is bound in soft cover. Accordingly, it contains the cumulative changes that have been inserted in the loose-leaf edition since the previous student edition, in this case 2002.
The relationship of this edition to the loose-leaf version explains some references which might otherwise puzzle readers. In this edition there are 15 chapters. The chapters in the second volume of the loose-leaf edition are numbered 16 through 20. Some footnotes in this edition refer to those chapters. The existence of the second volume also explains why some matters, dealing for example with auto insurance and liability insurance, have been treated in less detail in this edition than they might otherwise have been.
Since 2002 there have been numerous significant insurance law cases that have necessitated updates. Of particular note are Supreme Court of Canada decisions such as KP Pacific Holdings Ltd. v. Guardian Insurance Co., Martin v. International American Assurance Life Co., Marche v. Halifax Insurance Co., Family Insurance Corp. v. Lombard Canada, and Somersall v. Friedman as well as other appellate decisions including Polwein v. Dominion of Canada General Insurance Co.
As described in the preface to the third edition which appeared in 1997, this work is part of a larger project. Insurance Law in Canada is produced in two forms. In its larger form, it is a two-volume loose-leaf work. The first volume, written by Craig Brown, covers general principles. The second deals with specific types of insurance and is written by some of the insurance lawyers at Cassels, Brock & Blackwell LLP (hence the firm name on the cover) and Randy Bundus, Vice President and General Counsel, Insurance Bureau of Canada. These volumes are updated twice a year.
The shorter form of the work is the student edition. Every few years, the current version of the first volume is bound in soft cover. Accordingly, it contains the cumulative changes that have been inserted in the loose-leaf edition since the previous student edition, in this case 2002.
The relationship of this edition to the loose-leaf version explains some references which might otherwise puzzle readers. In this edition there are 15 chapters. The chapters in the second volume of the loose-leaf edition are numbered 16 through 20. Some footnotes in this edition refer to those chapters. The existence of the second volume also explains why some matters, dealing for example with auto insurance and liability insurance, have been treated in less detail in this edition than they might otherwise have been.
Since 2002 there have been numerous significant insurance law cases that have necessitated updates. Of particular note are Supreme Court of Canada decisions such as KP Pacific Holdings Ltd. v. Guardian Insurance Co., Martin v. International American Assurance Life Co., Marche v. Halifax Insurance Co., Family Insurance Corp. v. Lombard Canada, and Somersall v. Friedman as well as other appellate decisions including Polwein v. Dominion of Canada General Insurance Co.
