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TOP 10 INSURANCE
DEFENCE BOUTIQUE
listed alphabetically
Bell Temple LLP Toronto
belltemple.com
Founded in 1945, Bell Temple LLP has, for more than seven decades, been preferred litigation counsel for
national and multi-national insurers. Working out of the firm's office in downtown Toronto, the more than 30
lawyers at the firm are regularly retained to protect the interests of insureds, as well as international corporations,
construction companies and health-care professionals. The firm prides itself on working with its clients to develop
appropriate litigation strategies for each file with a focus on cost effectiveness and timely resolution of disputes.
When court attendance and trials are required, the firm's partners are recognized as highly skilled counsel who
are called upon to handle the most complex disputes and actions. Practice areas include casualty, property losses,
municipal and government liability claims and product and professional liability.
Benson Percival
Brown LLP Toronto
bensonpercival.com
Benson Percival Brown LLP has specialized in
personal injury and insurance defence litigation
since its founding by Philip Benson and Roy
McMurtry in 1956. The firm aims to provide
sound, timely legal advice and proactively
manage litigation files to assist clients in meeting
their organizational objectives. The firm has a
stable list of longstanding clients that includes
national and international insurers as well as
institutional clients. Counsel from the firm
have played a pivotal role in both historical and
recent judicial decisions that have influenced
tort and insurance law in Canada. Alumni
include two Ontario attorneys general, a chief
justice of Ontario, three Ontario Superior Court
justices, two Ontario Court justices and three
masters. The firm's primary practice areas include
insurance, personal injury, occupiers' liability,
product liability, family, medical malpractice,
government relations, appellate advocacy and
class actions.
Proud to be named once again in
Canadian Lawyer Magazine's report on
the Top Insurance Defence Boutiques.
www.ztgh.com | 416-777-2811 | reception@ztgh.com
Exceptional advocacy.
Great people.
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