CORPORATE TAX
/ DEFAMATION & MEDIA
Warren J.A.
Mitchell, QC
Thorsteinssons LLP
Tel: (604) 689-1261
Fax: (604) 688-4711
Vancouver
wjamitchell@thor.ca
Warren Mitchell, QC, was educated at the University of British Columbia, from which
he holds both Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Law degrees. He was first admitted to the Bar of Alberta (1963) and has since been admitted to the Bars of British
Columbia in 1966 and Ontario in 1990. Mitchell served as a Solicitor in the Taxation
Division of the Department of National Revenue until 1965. Mitchell's practice focuses
on large case tax litigation. He has appeared as counsel in the provincial, trial and
appellate divisions of British Columbia and Ontario, and in the Tax Court of Canada,
Federal Court – Trial Division and the Federal Court of Appeal as well as the Supreme
Court of Canada.
Joel A. Nitikman
Dentons
Canada LLP
Tel: (604) 443-7115
Fax: (604) 683-5214
Vancouver
joel.nitikman@dentons.com
Joel Nitikman focuses on resolving tax disputes between taxpayers and federal and provincial tax authorities. Has acted as counsel in numerous tax cases at all levels of courts both
provincially and federally, and has also settled many cases out of court at the pre-assessment or objection stage. A professor of tax dispute resolution at the UBC Faculty of
Law, he also practices corporate and individual business tax, focusing on offshore tax
planning, corporate reorganizations and other business-related tax matters. His practice
also includes advice on GST and provincial commodity taxes. He has acted for numerous private and public companies on complex, tax-efficient restructurings, and obtained
numerous advance rulings from Revenue Canada and provincial tax authorities. He writes
and lectures extensively about various tax subjects. He is a member of the CTF, the IFA
and numerous other tax groups and was Awarded The Douglas J. Sherbaniuk Distinguished Writing Award at the 58th Annual Canadian Tax Conference.
DEFAMATION & MEDIA
Peter A.
Downard
Fasken Martineau
DuMoulin LLP
Tel: (416) 865-4369
Fax: (416) 364-7813
Toronto
pdownard@fasken.com
Senior litigation counsel and Fasken Martineau's principal Toronto contact for defamation matters. Peter Downard has acted as defamation counsel in the Supreme Court
of Canada, Ontario Court of Appeal and trials and in many mediations and advisory
matters. He is author of the legal text Libel (second edition, 2010; first edition, 2003),
referred to as authority in numerous court decisions and sole author of the volume
Defamation in Halsbury's Laws of Canada (2009). In 2010 he was appointed to the
Ontario Attorney General's Advisory Panel on Strategic Litigation Against Public
Participation (SLAPP). He also has extensive experience in commercial and public
interest advocacy. He was lead counsel to former Ontario Premier Mike Harris in the
Ipperwash Inquiry (2004–06) and lead trial counsel in John Doe v. O'Dell, (2003), 230
D.L.R. (4th) 383 (Ont. S.C.J), in which his client obtained the largest judgment on
record against a Catholic diocese for sexual abuse of a child. Included in the Canadian
Legal Lexpert® Directory 2010‒2011 for Litigation ‒ Defamation & Media.
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