Announcements

Halifax partner Daniela Bassan, QC, will be giving a live, virtual lecture Monday, July 26 as part of the McGill University and Intellectual Property Institute of Canada summer courses. She will discuss fair dealing in legislation and caselaw, education and practice.

We are pleased to welcome litigation associates Meghan Foley, Sarah Hogan and Julie Morris to our St. John’s office. Meghan, Sarah and Julie will be a part of our litigation team, helping clients through every step of their files.

We congratulate Lynn Iding, CPHR, Director, Human Resources, on receiving a Canadian Certified Inclusion Professional designation. Given out by the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion, individuals who receive this certification must successfully complete an assessment designed to measure existing knowledge and skills against a set of pre-defined criteria addressing diversity and inclusion.

We congratulate former Charlottetown articled clerks Laura Woodworth and Curtis Doyle on being called to the provincial bar recently. Laura will start her legal practice in our Halifax office, while Curtis will soon begin his one year term as a law clerk for the Supreme Court of Canada, in Ottawa.

In an article for the University of New Brunswick Fredericton Faculty of Law Nexus Magazine, Erin Best shared what it was like to appear at the Supreme Court of Canada during a global pandemic. After applying for leave in City of Corner Brook v. Mary Bailey, Erin, alongside co-counsel Giles Ayers, presented the arguments remotely…

Earlier this morning, Halifax partner Mark Tector was interviewed on a number of CBC radio shows across the country about COVID-19 vaccinations in the workplace. Further to his interview back in January, Mark discussed whether or not employers can make vaccines mandatory, and what privacy issues may arise from policies addressing this. Click here to…

During the Canadian Lawyer LegalTech Summit event June 29, Chief Innovation Officer and Partner Paul Saunders will be part of the panel discussion, “Transforming the legal client experience and business process of running a law firm”. Speakers will outline what steps can be taken to successfully automate law firm practice management, and which tasks, tools…

We congratulate those who were called to the Nova Scotia bar this morning: Diedre Alexander Calvin DeWolfe James Galsworthy Charlotte Henderson Chee Ng Daniel Roth William Wojcik We are pleased to welcome Diedre, Calvin, James, Charlotte, Daniel and William to our Halifax office. Chee will be spending time in our Halifax office before relocating to…

Following bar admission ceremonies this afternoon, we are pleased to welcome four new lawyers to our offices in New Brunswick. Erica Chestnut and Leigh-Ellen Dunstan will join our Saint John team, while Mark Heighton will be located in Fredericton and Lyndsay Scovil will be in Moncton.