Areas of Practice

For more than 65 years, Bell, Temple has provided services to corporations, insurers and other clients in all fields of civil litigation. Our primary areas of practice include:

 

     ♦  Personal injury / casualty – defence and plaintiff arising out of motor vehicle accidents, product 
         liability, tavern or social host liability, and occupiers' liability

     ♦  Statutory Accident Benefits claims, including Priority and Loss Transfer disputes

     ♦  Property damage defence and subrogation including fire, flood and water losses, computer
         theft, first party losses and business interruption claims

     ♦  Construction claims

     ♦  Medical malpractice claims including professional liability and disciplinary defence litigation for health
         care professionals

     ♦  Coverage counsel for specialty insurance claims, including commercial general liability, fidelity and
         guarantee, duty to defend/indemnify, and bad faith issues

     ♦  Sexual abuse claims

     ♦  Professional liability defence litigation including insurance brokers and real estate agents

     ♦  Insurance fraud / arson

     ♦  Complex claims involving wrongful dismissal, libel and slander, environmental contamination,
         oil spills/oil leaks, marine and aviation disasters

 

Bell, Temple is a firm of highly skilled trial counsel and innovative litigators.