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Benjamin Durnford

Benjamin Durnford

Partner

Office
Halifax
Tel: 902.444.8454
Fax: 902.425.6350

Assistant
Laurie MacKenzie
Languages
English

Profile

Ben is a Partner in our Halifax office whose practice focuses in the areas of corporate and commercial and insolvency law. He is counsel to various major financial institutions and has appeared before all levels of Court in Nova Scotia and before the Utility and Review Board. Ben represents both secured and unsecured creditors in various asset recovery matters involving the Personal Property Security Act, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and other statutes related to creditors’ rights. With a focus on domestic and international bankruptcy and commercial matters, Ben is part of a division within the firm’s Asset Recovery and Insolvency Group which provides litigation support and general legal advice to receivers, court-appointed liquidators, administrators and other statutory office holders in connection with numerous insolvencies and regulatory appointments both in Canada and in the Eastern Caribbean region. He has assisted individual and institutional clients in numerous domestic and international insolvency matters.

 

Ben is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society and the Dalhousie University Alumni Association. He is a past lecturer on Advanced Legal Research and Writing at Dalhousie Law School and past Chair of the Dalhousie Student Union Judicial Board. Ben has also been previously named Volunteer Lawyer of the Year by ReachAbility.

Education

  • LL.B., Dalhousie University (2000)
  • B.A., Dalhousie University (1997)

Bar Admissions

Nova Scotia (2001)

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