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An SEF 44 claim is discoverable when the insured has accumulated enough evidence to have a reasonable chance of showing that the claim exceeds the statutory minimum liability limit. The Court held that the two year limitation period had expired but exercised its statutory discretion to disallow The Personal’s limitation defence, allowing the SEF 44 claim to proceed.
The certification record supported a narrowed contract and discrete good faith theory concerning EI disability deductions, but not the broader proposed causes of action and remedies. The Court concluded that a narrowed class and five common issues concerning deductions of Employment Insurance disability benefits could otherwise meet certification requirements, but the proposed representative plaintiff was not adequate for that narrowed class.
The proposed class action survived only in narrowed form around Employment Insurance disability deductions, and final certification was deferred because the proposed representative plaintiff did not fit that class.
The insured missed the ordinary deadline after the wrong SEF 44 insurer was pursued, but the Nova Scotia court disallowed the limitation defence and let the underinsured motorist claim continue.
A Nova Scotia taxi owner waited too long to sue over denied downtime payments, so the small claims court dismissed the action without deciding whether the policy actually required those payments.
The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal overturned an order for Newline to advance defence costs.
New rules will require a qualified appraiser before an insurer pays a total loss vehicle claim, followed by prompt notice of salvage or non-repairable status to the Registrar.
Nova Scotia has amended the mandatory conditions that form part of automobile insurance contracts. One amendment took effect September 22, 2026 and another is scheduled for January 1, 2027.
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