DRAFT LETTER - {If you choose, please "cut and paste" the following text for your letters and emails}
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Dear Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C., Chief Justice of Canada
Supreme Court of Canada
301 Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0J1
Re: Phylum v Dominion – SCC court file #: 36235
There is a clear and significant conflict and inequality in law across the nation in the provincial courts of appeal and a continued conflict and inequality at all levels of courts across Canada regarding the appointment and role of an umpire in an insurance appraisal. The insurance appraisal is of public interest that affects the rights of every citizen that purchases the security of an insurance policy for a peace of mind. The appointment of an umpire for an insurance appraisal forms a part of every provincial statute in Canada.
As a citizen I find this disconcerting and would like to know that there is equality in the insurance appraisal, across all the courts, so that I can expect the same treatment given a similar set of material facts. As a citizen I also understand that an insurance appraisal is a valuation and not an arbitration and so that an umpire should be a qualified expert in the area of loss being considered by the insurance appraisal. I feel that if the courts provide guidance regarding the matters considered in Phylum v Dominion court file #: 36235 then, as a citizen, I would feel more confident in our judicial system and feel that I am being treated equal in the eyes of the law.
I support the Applicant, Phylum Corporation, in seeking leave to appeal this case, Phylum v Dominion court file #: 36235, so that the Supreme Court of Canada may have the opportunity to consider whether all provincial courts of appeal and lower courts are equal regarding an appointment of an umpire in an insurance appraisal and a further consideration to reaffirm past precedent set by the Supreme Court of Canada in Sport Maska so that there may be equality for every citizen across the nation and that each citizen will know what to expect in law given a case with similar material facts.
I support the Applicant, Phylum Corporation, in further seeking leave to appeal so that the Supreme Court of Canada may have the opportunity to provide guidance to the lower courts and to the citizens in consideration of one of the most critical questions for an insurance appraisal, what qualifications are necessary for a person to act as an umpire in an insurance appraisal? The consideration of this question may serve as a relief to the lower courts in this area of the law.
I look forward to your reply.
Sincerely,
[YOUR NAME AND MAILING ADDRESS HERE]
