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Hugh Wright

Hugh Wright

Partner

Office
Halifax
Tel: 902.444.8616
Fax: 902.425.6350

Assistant
Angela Williams
Languages
English

Profile

Hugh is a Partner in our Halifax office and Group Leader of the firm’s Pensions and Benefits Practice Group.  He is a member of the firm’s Board of Directors.  He was admitted to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1993 and has practiced with the firm since that time. 

 

Hugh provides advice to pension plan sponsors, administrators, employee groups and governments in all areas of the pensions and benefits field.  He regularly advises pension plan sponsors and administrators concerning pension standards legislation, guidelines, common law requirements and pension governance requirements. He acts for administrators, employers and employee groups in pension related litigation. 

 

Hugh is listed in Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Best Lawyers in Canada 2013, and Lexpert in the area of pensions and benefits law.  He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Canadian Pension Management, where he chairs the Governance and Nominating Committee of the ACPM Board. He is a Past Chair of the National Pensions and Benefits Section of the Canadian Bar Association and a member of the Judicial Compensation and Benefits Committee of the CBA.   He is a member of the Canadian Pension and Benefits Institute, the International Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers’ Association, and the International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans. 

 

Hugh is active in various community organizations and chairs the firm’s Pro-Bono Committee. 

 

Affiliations & Activities

  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society
  • Canadian Pension & Benefits Institute
  • Association of Canadian Pension Management (Member, Board of Directors)
  • International Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers Association
  • International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
  • Institute of Corporate Directors
  • Director, Canadian Bar Insurance Association

Education

  • LL.B., Dalhousie University (1992)
  • B.A. (Hons.), Queen’s University (1987)

 

Legal Update: The Changing Tide of Atlantic Canadian Pension Legislation
April  3, 2013

<p>Pension legislation throughout Atlantic Canada is in a state of change. In less than a year, each Atlantic Province has taken steps – in some cases, bold steps – to change the way in which pensions are legislated in its respective jurisdiction:   </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li><strong>PEI Takes Another Stab at Pension Standards Legislation.</strong> It appears PEI –

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Bar Admissions

Nova Scotia (1993)

 

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