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Special Edition on Litigation 2016

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14 LEXPERT | 2016 | WWW.LEXPERT.CA Curry, Tom Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP (416) 865-3096 tcurry@litigate.com Recognized nationally as a leading trial and appellate counsel, Mr. Curry has a record of success in commercial litigation, class actions, arbitrations, busi- ness disputes, administrative law, judicial review and intellectual property. He is a Fellow the American College of Trial Lawyers. Cronyn, Peter J.E. Nelligan O'Brien Payne LLP (613) 231-8213 peter.cronyn@nelligan.ca Mr. Cronyn practises as a trial lawyer with the firm of Nelligan O'Brien Payne LLP. He is a past President of both The Advocates' Society and the County of Carleton Law Association. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. His main areas of practice are commercial litigation, personal injury and wrongful death, medical malpractice and professional liability. Creber, Anthony (Tony) Gowling WLG (613) 786-0140 anthony.creber@gowlingwlg.com Mr. Creber is a leading IP litigator who focuses on chemical, biological and pharmaceutical patents. He appears regularly before the Federal Courts and the SCC including the leading decision on novelty and obviousness (Plavix). Crawley, Alistair Crawley MacKewn Brush LLP (416) 217-0806 acrawley@cmblaw.ca Mr. Crawley provides representation and advice in a broad range of commer- cial and securities litigation matters, with a focus on the capital markets and financial services industry. His practice includes investigations and enforce- ment hearings, regulatory policy and compliance advice, investment loss claims, corporate and contractual disputes, takeovers and directors' and officers' liability. Cranston, QC, Donald R. Bennett Jones LLP (780) 917-4267 cranstond@bennettjones.com Mr. Cranston is co-chair of the firm's commercial litigation practice group. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a graduate of the Harvard intensive mediation course and an elected Bencher of the Law Society of Alberta. Cowper, QC, Geoffrey Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP (604) 631-3185 gcowper@fasken.com Mr. Cowper, Senior Counsel & Leader of the firm's Litigation & Dispute Resolu- tion Group, has a broad hearing and appeal practice including private and public law, corporate/commercial disputes, class actions, domestic and international arbitrations. LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS "The English have actually updated [their Bills of Exchange Act] from time to time. Our legislation has not been even tinkered with in 150 years and it is completely out of touch with the reality of cheque clearing." - Martin Sclisizzi, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP know is they all fall under the federal Bank Act, and are policed by the Financial Consumer Agen- cy of Canada. What Parliament is interested in wading into, however, is where banking hits Canadian retail customers. Very interested, in fact. e thing is, the provinces also have their own consumer protection acts, and Ottawa and the provinces already bump heads over whose rules apply and when. Sometimes it's both. Jamal says there's "an extraordinary amount of regulation" around consumer protection, particularly as it relates to

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