CANADA Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Laura Bevan, Craig Ferris KC, Anna Paczkowski and Catherine Whitehead Lawson Lundell LLP
Lawson Lundell LLP is one of the largest and most experienced law firms in Western Canada. It is a leading, full-service business law firm, with more than 200 lawyers located in offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Kelowna and Yellowknife. The litigation and dispute resolution group has 88 lawyers. It has experience in the following in- dustries and practice areas: Aboriginal; adminis- trative, constitutional and public law; alternative dispute resolution; appellate advocacy; class action; climate change; commercial litigation; competition and antitrust issues; construction
and engineering; corporate governance and shareholder rights; creditors’ remedies and col- lections; defamation and media; environmental; healthcare; insolvency and restructuring; in- surance litigation; natural resources, including forestry, mining, oil and gas, wind and water; pensions, benefits and trust issues; privacy and freedom of information; product liability; public utility and regulatory; real estate litigation; re- search and opinions; securities litigation; taxa- tion; technology; and transportation.
Authors
Laura Bevan is a leading litigator in British Columbia practicing in civil and commercial litigation and public law, and currently serves as head of Lawson Lundell’s
Craig Ferris KC is an FCIArb and acts as counsel and arbitrator in commercial and business disputes at Lawson
Lundell. His areas of specialisation include shareholder remedies, trusts, pension and fiduciary disputes, securities and transactional litigation, product liability, mining disputes and real estate litigation. He has appeared at all levels of court in British Columbia as well as the Supreme Court of Canada. He has acted in both domestic and international arbitrations and also has expertise in class actions, having acted as lead counsel in several successful defences of major class proceedings.
litigation and dispute resolution group in Vancouver and Kelowna. She has extensive experience as trial and appellate counsel at all levels of court in British Columbia. She has also appeared as counsel before the Supreme Court of Canada, and various arbitration and administrative tribunals. She focuses on strategic and practical litigation advice to clients operating in a diverse range of industries. She acts for clients in the gaming industry, the banking and securities industries and is litigation counsel to health and welfare benefit trusts.
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