Litigation
Litigation

McInnes Cooper offers you highly diversified litigation services. Our lawyers have represented clients in:

 

  • commercial litigation;
  • contractual breaches;
  • service contracts;
  • wrongful dismissal;
  • environmental and other regulatory litigation;
  • wrongful actions concerning titles to land;
  • expropriations;
  • property leases;
  • administrative law issues;
  • municipal and land use issues;
  • products liability;
  • occupiers liability;
  • personal injury and wrongful death;
  • damage to property; and
  • injunctions.

 

Our Business Dispute Resolution lawyers are experienced in identifying material issues in any dispute, as soon as possible, so we can help guide our clients to the best resolution, in the most cost-effective way.

 

We appear at every level of court in the Atlantic Provinces, and in the Federal Court, and the Supreme Court of Canada. As well, we regularly appear at all levels of administrative and regulatory tribunals, and in arbitrations and mediations, in Atlantic Canada, nationally and internationally, both as counsel and as arbitrators and mediators.

 

Contamination Claims: Long Tails or Just Dogs? Practical and Legal Issues of Litigation Contamination Slow-Leak Cases
March  6, 2009

“Contamination Claims: Long Tails or Just Dogs? Practical and Legal Issues of Litigating Contaminant Slow-Leak Cases”, Cdn Journal of Insurance Law, Volume 27, Number 5, September, 2009; previous version presented to the Canadian Bar Association (Nova Scotia) Insurance Law Conference, March 6, 2009

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Experts: The Role of Chartered Business Valuators in Litigation
September 18, 2009

“Experts: The Role of Chartered Business Valuators in Litigation” (co-presenter with Michelle Awad and Jane O’Neill), Atlantic Institute of Business Valuators, Halifax, September 18, 2009

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Handling the Practical Issues of Multi-Party Litigation
February  9, 2009

“Handling the Practical Issues of Multi-Party Litigation”, Canadian Institute Conference on Provincial/Municipal Government Liability, Toronto, February 9-10, 2009

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Keep it Simple: The Highlights of Simplified Procedure and the New Small Claims Regime
October  7, 2011

The Province of New Brunswick recognized the need for individuals and small- to medium-sized businesses to reduce the cost of litigation by creating and updating two processes intended to make civil litigation faster and cheaper: Rule 79, for claims up to $75,000, and Rule 80 for claims up to $30,000.   RULE 79   In

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Motor Vehicle Tort Reform Ligislation in the Atlantic Provinces
June  1, 2006

“Motor Vehicle Tort Reform Legislation in the Atlantic Provinces”, Canadian Defence Lawyers, Toronto, June 1, 2006

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Section 15: The Charter Guarantee 20 Years Later
January  1, 2005

“Section 15: The Charter Guarantee 20 Years Later”, The Society Record, Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society, 2005

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Vicarious and Personal Liability for Municipal Employees, Councillors and Citizens
February 16, 2007

“Vicarious and Personal Liability for Municipal Employees, Councillors and Citizens”, Canadian Institute Conference on Provincial/Municipal Liability, Toronto, February 16, 2007

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