Tipper McEwan

Associate

“The world makes way for a man who knows where he is going”
- Emerson

EFFECTIVE RESOLUTION.

Tipper primarily practices in the areas of commercial litigation, personal injury, insurance defence, administrative law and quasi-criminal matters.  He has argued before the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, the Nova Scotia Supreme Court, the Nova Scotia Small Claims Court, and the Nova Scotia Human Rights Tribunal.  He looks for the right resolution for the problem, be it a settlement or a court decision. 

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

Some of the ways Tipper is currently helping clients achieve their objectives include:

  • Co-counsel in a multi-million dollar breach of contract trial
  • Argued a cross-appeal before the Court of Appeal in an environmental contamination case
  • Assisted in the conduct of a civil jury trial
  • Arguing procedural matters before the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
  • Appearing in numerous Small Claims Court trials

AREAS OF PRACTICE

  • General Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Defence
  • Administrative Law
  • Quasi-Criminal and Regulatory Offence Defence

BAR ADMISSION(S)

Nova Scotia, 2011

LAW SOCIETY(IES)

Nova Scotia Barristers' Society

EDUCATION

Dalhousie University, LL.B., 2010
Queen’s University, M.A., 2006
Queen’s University, B.A. (honours), 2005

ACTIVITIES

  • Member, Canadian Bar Association

LANGUAGE(S)

English

Publications

  • “Pulling the Ivy Out of the Window: Presumptions of Privacy in the Home and R v. Gomboc", Dalhousie Journal of Legal Studies, Vol 19, 2010

Suite 900
Purdy's Wharf Tower One
1959 Upper Water Street
Halifax, NS, Canada
B3J 3N2

P 902.444.1743
F 902.420.1417

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LEGAL ASSISTANT(S)

Angela Kennedy
JoAnn Andersen

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