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Gavin Giles

Gavin Giles QC

Partner

Office
Halifax
Tel: 902.444.8540
Fax: 902.425.6350

Assistant
Cindy Hartson
Languages
English

Profile

Gavin’s practice focuses on commercial, construction, shipping and offshore installations litigation, business dispute resolution, insurance, professional negligence and products liability. He has appeared before all levels of the courts in Nova Scotia, the Federal Court of Canada, the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board and the Nova Scotia Labour Standards Tribunal. He has also made trial and appellate appearances in Ontario, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador and Nunavut. He has been recognized by Best Lawyers (Canada) since 2009. As a Small Claims Court of Nova Scotia Adjudicator and then that Court’s first Chief Adjudicator, he has presided over some 3,500 hearings. Gavin also serves as a private mediator and arbitrator.

 

Gavin is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, and sits on its Judicial Salaries and Benefits Committee. He is also an active member of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society, serving on its governing Council and Finance Committee and chairing the Supreme Court Liaison Committee (Civil).

 

Gavin is a frequent presenter at Canadian Bar Association and Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society continuing legal education (CLE) and at Dalhousie University’s Schulich School of Law. He lectures at Saint Mary’s University and the Nova Scotia Bar Admission Course. He is President of the Atlantic Zone of the Canadian Red Cross and a member of the Canadian Red Cross National Board of Governors.  A keen cyclist, Gavin is a regular participant in the Rona Multiple Sclerosis Atlantic Canada Bike Tour and, along with his team, has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the MS cause. He is Honorary Legal Counsel of the Atlantic Division of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, a past president of Bicycle Nova Scotia and a past president of the Charitable Irish Society of Halifax.

Education

  • LL.B., Dalhousie University (1985)
  • B.A., Saint Mary’s University (1981)
Liability for Resulting Damage – A Snapshot of the Most Recent Jurisprudence
May  6, 2011

<span style="font-size: large;">Progressive Homes Inc. v. Lombard General Insurance Company of Canada and Bulldog Bag Ltd. v. AXA Pacific Insurance Company</span> &nbsp; &nbsp; The recent decision by the Supreme Court of Canada (per: Rothstein, J.) in Progressive Homes Inc. v. Lombard General Insurance Company of Canada has given Commercial General Liability insurers pause to consider

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Bar Admissions

Nova Scotia (1986)

Gavin Giles Receives Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
December  4, 2012

<p>We are delighted to announce that Gavin Giles, QC, a Partner in our Halifax office, was honoured on November 13, 2012 with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. This prestigious medal, struck to mark the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty’s coronation, is presented to select Canadians to mark their respective contributions to volunteer causes

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