Gérard La Forest, C.C., Q.C.

Counsel

Wise advice.

Describing Gérard as having a wealth of experience and knowledge does not do him justice. A Q.C. since 1968, the author of six books, and the recipient of nine university degrees, he has both practiced law and taught it. Gérard now acts as counsel for Stewart McKelvey.

Areas of practice:

  • Government/Regulated Industries
  • Litigation
  • Environmental
  • Labour and Employment 

BAR ADMISSION(S)

New Brunswick, 1949

LAW SOCIETY(IES)

Law Society of New Brunswick

EDUCATION

Yale University, J.S.D., 1966
Yale University, LL.M., 1965
Oxford University, M.A., 1956
Oxford University, B.A. (jurisprudence), 1951
University of New Brunswick, B.C.L., 1949
St. Francis Xavier, 2 years Arts

QUEEN'S COUNSEL

1968

ACTIVITIES

  • Member, Canadian Bar Association
  • Member, International Law Association
  • Member, International Commission of Jurists
  • Member, Canadian Counsel International Law
  • Director, Canadian Pension Plan, 1998-1999
  • Judge, Supreme Court of Canada, 1985-1997
  • Judge, Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, 1981-1985
  • Appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada, 2000

LANGUAGE(S)

English, French

Publications

  • Disallowance and Reservation of Provincial Legislation (Ottawa, 1955) (reprinted            1965)
  • Extradition To and From Canada (New Orleans, 1961), 2nd ed. 1977
  • The Allocation of Taxing Power Under the Canadian Constitution (Toronto, 1967), 2nd ed. 1981
  • Natural Resources and Public Property Under the Canadian Constitution (Toronto, 1969)
  • (With others) Le Territoire Québécois (Montreal, 1970)
  • (With associates) Water Law in Canada - The Atlantic Provinces  (Ottawa, 1973)

Presentations

  • Lecturer in law, McGill University, 1971-1979
  • Professeur à la leçon, Unviersité d’Ottawa (Droit civil   Maitrise), 1971 1978
  • Visiting professor of law, Université de Montréal, 1962 1963

Suite 600, Frederick Square
77 Westmorland Street
P.O. Box 730
Fredericton, NB, Canada
E3B 5B4

P 506.443.0135
F 506.444.8974

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LEGAL ASSISTANT(S)

Shyanne West

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