What sorts of claims are covered?
A. The claim must arise as a result of an error which the lawyer makes in the rendering of professional services to others. The lawyer may have been negligent, breached his or her contract with the client or fiduciary duty to the client. The Insurance Program does not involve itself in fee disputes between the client and the lawyer. Where the allegation is theft or misappropriation of trust funds or property the claim would be excluded from coverage (although the client may have recourse to the Law Society of Manitoba’s Reimbursement Fund).
