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Smith, Glenn Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP
(416) 865-2927 gsmith@litigate.com
Mr. Smith has a diverse commercial litigation practice focusing on complex
insurance issues, including product liability, environmental claims and
D&O claims. He appears regularly before a variety of courts and tribunals,
including the Supreme Court of Canada, acting both for and against public
and private companies, financial institutions and governments.
Slaght, QC, Ronald G. Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP
(416) 865-2929 rslaght@litigate.com
Extraordinary negotiating abilities, superb advocacy and sophisticated
business acumen ensure Mr. Slaght's continued leadership among Canadian
litigators. In addition to a formidable reputation in commercial and securities
litigation, he has built an eclectic practice based on his vast experience
in administrative law, real property and class actions.
Skodyn, Andrew Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP
(416) 865-2882 askodyn@litigate.com
Mr. Skodyn's practice focuses on commercial and intellectual property
litigation, with particular emphasis on patent litigation, complex commercial
disputes and class actions. He is best known for his experience in
patent litigation, having represented clients in patent infringement and
impeachment actions, applications and arbitrations in a wide range
of industries.
Simard, Chris D. Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-4485 simardc@bennettjones.com
Mr. Simard's practice encompasses restructuring and bankruptcy, as
well as energy litigation. He acts for creditors, debtors, court-appointed
monitors, receivers & trustees in bankruptcy in complex insolvencies and
restructurings. In energy litigation, he advises energy companies on disputes
arising out of CAPL, seismic and security agreements and on matters related
to Crown and Freehold leases.
Shortreed, Megan Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP
(416) 646-4308 megan.shortreed@paliareroland.com
Ms. Shortreed provides advice and concrete strategies to businesses and
individuals who find themselves in conflict, or are seeking to avoid one. She
represents clients in all areas of corporate, commercial, employment, civil
and administrative litigation, and argues cases involving shareholder and
partnership disputes, duties of directors and employees, creditors' rights,
and product liability.
Sheehan, Martin F. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
(514) 397-4395 msheehan@fasken.com
Mr. Sheehan specializes in commercial litigation. He acts on behalf of
companies and professionals in the areas of commercial, professional and
product liability. He appears before courts of all jurisdictions, including the
Supreme Court of Canada, and has in-depth knowledge of alternative dispute
resolution mechanisms.
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
government restricting the enjoyment of the right
of ownership of property to such an extent that its
owner is de facto expropriated.
On the other hand, the Supreme Court con-
firmed that compensation for expropriation
may be claimed even when an action for annul-
ment or for declaration of inoperability is no
longer possible.
Nikolas Blanchette, Martin Sheehan and
Nicolas-Karl Perrault of Fasken Martineau Du-
Moulin LLP acted for the intervenor, the Québec
Association of Construction and Housing Profes-
sionals Inc.
Pierre Paquin, Michel Beausoleil and Émi-
lie Duquette of Tandem Avocats-Conseils
Inc. represented the appellants, Ville de Lor-
raine and Municipalité régionale de comté de
érèse-De Blainville.
Régis Nivoix and Mélanie Dubreuil of Doyon
Izzi Nivoix, S.E.N.C. acted for the respondent,
2646-8926 Québec Inc.
Marc-André LeChasseur and Frédérique
St-Jean of Bélanger Sauvé represented the inter-
venor Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal.
UNITED ASSOCIATION
OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES,
LOCAL 170 V. BRITISH COLUMBIA
DECISION DATE: JULY 3, 2018
On July 3, 2018, the Supreme Court of British
Columbia released its review of United Association
of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing
and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and
Canada, Local 170 v. British Columbia (Infor-
mation and Privacy Commissioner), 2018 BCSC
1080. e Court held that the decision of the Of-
fice of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
("OIPC") on Order F17-16, 2017 BCIPC 17 was
unreasonable and remitted the matter back to the
OIPC to assign another adjudicator to consider
the issue again in a manner consistent with the
Court's reasons.
BACKGROUND OF THE CASE
In late 2010, the Financial Institutions Commis-
sion ("FICOM") received an access to information
request submitted by the Independent Contrac-
tors and Business Association ("ICBA"). FICOM
released some, but not all, of the information re-
quested by the ICBA, on the basis that disclosure
of this information could harm the interests of a
third party.
e dispute over the release of this informa-
tion lasted more than six years, with a group of
BC unions and union pension plans objecting to
any release of their information. ey argued that
the disclosure of these records would cause them
financial harm and pointed to the ICBA's past
use of this information for the purpose of criticiz-
