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Harrison, Robert S. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
(416) 865-4384 rharrison@fasken.com
Mr. Harrison is one of Canada's leading corporate and commercial litigators.
He has litigated cases in many areas of substantive law, including securities,
financial institutions, shareholders' remedies, insurance coverage, directors'
and officers' liability, environmental litigation, intellectual property,
and injunctions.
Hankinson, QC, Stuart B. Bennett Jones LLP
(604) 891-5188 hankinsons@bennettjones.com
Mr. Hankinson is a partner of the Bennett Jones LLP Vancouver office.
His practice is focused on complex construction, commercial and insurance
dispute resolution. He is called upon by owners, developers, EPC and EPCM
contractors, design-builders, design professionals, construction insurers,
and construction and project managers to mitigate and manage a variety
of disputes.
Hamilton, Sheldon Smart & Biggar
(416) 593-5514 jshamilton@smart-biggar.ca
For over 20 years, Mr. Hamilton has acted as counsel to many of the world's
most innovative companies in relation to commercially significant products.
He has particular experience in pharmaceutical litigation, as both trial
and appellate counsel, and in PM(NOC) proceedings. He has extensive
trial experience on issues of patent infringement and validity,
and damage quantification.
Halwani, Sana Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP
(416) 865-3733 shalwani@litigate.com
Ms. Halwani is known for her exceptional expertise in intellectual property
litigation. She was named one of Managing IP's "Top 250 Women in IP"
worldwide in 2018. In patent matters, she has extensive experience in the life
sciences, technology, energy, and gaming industries. She has represented
clients at all levels of the Ontario and Federal courts, including the Supreme
Court of Canada.
Halt, QC, Edward W. Peacock Linder Halt & Mack LLP
(403) 296-2283 ehalt@plhlaw.ca
Mr. Halt is a founding partner of the firm. He practises in civil litigation,
with an emphasis on professional liability, corporate commercial litigation,
securities litigation, franchise litigation, insolvency, construction and product
liability litigation. He has appeared in all levels of court in Alberta and
Saskatchewan and has extensive experience as counsel in Alternative
Dispute Resolution.
Halfnight, Jamieson Lerners LLP
(416) 361-3083 jhalfnight@lerners.ca
Recognized as one of the top insurance lawyers in Canada, Mr. Halfnight
conducts a specialty insurance and reinsurance coverage and litigation
practice, advising clients both in Canada and internationally and appearing
in both trial and appellate courts. He regularly lectures and publishes
on insurance and litigation subjects.
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
Michael Moldaver wrote] as to how they are able
to conduct themselves."
e key issue in this intriguing dispute fo-
cused on the oen thin line between what con-
stitutes a lawyer's duty of "resolute advocacy," as
Justice Moldaver expressed it, and the need for
civility in the profession, a ruling that has an im-
pact on all litigators.
"It has sparked a lot of debate and discussion
in the profession about civility," says Sarah Arm-
strong, Vice-chair of the Ontario Litigation De-
partment and Chair of the Arbitration Practice
Group at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP in
Toronto. "For me, the biggest positive is that it's re-
ally got people talking about [lawyers'] tactics and
what crosses the line and what doesn't."
e allegations against Groia emerged from his
defence of John Felderhof, a Vice President and
Chief Geologist for Bre-X Minerals Ltd. of Cal-
gary, a company that perpetrated one of the biggest
gold-mining frauds in history. Aer the fraud was
discovered in the late 1990s — Bre-X was found to
have salted samples from a mine in Borneo that it
had touted as one of the largest gold sources ever
discovered — the Ontario Securities Commission
(OSC) charged Felderhof, not with having partici-
pated in the scheme, but with insider trading and
failing to have recognized warning signs that it was
occurring. In 2007, aer a trial that began in 2001,
Felderhof was acquitted of all charges.
During the trial, which was rancorous to say
"[THE SCC'S DECISION]
WAS AN IMPORTANT RULING
FOR THE PROFESSION …
I THINK THE BAR IN GENERAL
IS GOING TO TAKE SIGNIFICANT
HEART AND CONFIDENCE
FROM WHAT [JUSTICE MICHAEL
MOLDAVER WROTE] AS TO HOW
THEY ARE ABLE TO CONDUCT
THEMSELVES."
EARL CHERNIAK; LERNERS LLP
