Services

Civil Trial and Appeal Work

Harris & Brun lawyers are skilled in handling most types of civil actions, including negligence, personal injury, insurance, and trusts, in Supreme Court (both judge and jury) and appeals in the Court of Appeal (British Columbia’s highest court). In cases involving personal injury, we handle large and smaller motor vehicle accident claims and other types of injuries such as slip and fall cases. The majority of our lawyers are experienced in civil jury trials, usually as lead counsel. We also act for clients in cases involving professional negligence, conflicts of interest, wrongful criminal conviction and issues of discovery practice in British Columbia. Because the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia is a client of our firm, we do not accept cases involving allegations of “bad faith” against ICBC.

Insurance Law

Harris & Brun lawyers act for the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) and other Canadian and American insurance companies in all aspects of insurance law, including: cases where the amount of coverage exceeds the policy limit, cases where insured parties are in breach of the policy, insurance coverage cases and bad faith allegations. Our lawyers are skilled in interpreting commercial, general, homeowners’ and auto insurance policies.

Insurer Defended Tort Claims

Harris & Brun lawyers act for the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) and other Canadian and American insurance companies in all types of cases where an insurance company provides a defence to an insured under a contract of insurance. In particular we are experienced defending head injury cases, cases involving medical problems, fibromyalgia and other symptom clusters, cases where the damages may exceed the limits of the liability coverage under the policy, cases involving one or more insurers (co-insurance and subrogation claims), and cases involving credibility and/or exaggeration regarding injuries or damages.

Out-of-Province Counsel (advice for)

We welcome inquiries from out of province counsel and we are able to advise and assist lawyers from other jurisdictions on all aspects of law and practice involving insurance, injury and also worker’s compensation cases in British Columbia that involve the discrete issue of the application of the worker/worker bar. In particular we are able to give advice on: B.C. limitation periods and B.C. negligence law; the application of B.C. insurance rules to defendants and insurers from other jurisdictions; conflicts of interest under B.C. law; and advice on discovery practice and the B.C. Civil Rules of procedure.

Personal Injury (including ICBC claims)

We act for claimants in all types of large and smaller claims for personal injuries and damages resulting from motor-vehicle accidents and other types of injury claims such as slip-and-fall cases. Our lawyers have extensive experience in cases involving head and neurological injuries, soft tissue pain, and cases involving all kinds of future losses and future costs.

Worker’s Compensation and Administrative Law

Harris & Brun lawyers act for claimants and insurers in determining whether a claim is subject to a “worker-worker bar,” in making submissions on behalf of claimants and insurers before the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT), and with regard to other administrative law matters including procedural fairness and natural justice issues.