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Charlottetown

141 Kent St., Suite 300
McInnes Cooper Building
Charlottetown, PE
C1A 1N3

Tel: 902.368.8473
Fax: 902.368.8346

Fredericton

570 Queen St., Suite 600
Barker House
Fredericton, NB
E3B 6Z6

Tel: 506.458.8572
Fax: 506.458.9903

Halifax

1969 Upper Water St., Suite 1300
Purdy’s Wharf Tower II
Halifax, NS
B3J 3R7

Tel: 902.425.6500
Fax: 902.425.6350

Moncton

644 Main St., Suite 400
Blue Cross Building, South Tower
Moncton, NB
E1C 1E2

Tel: 506.857.8970
Fax: 506.857.4095

Saint John

1 Germain St., Suite 1700
Brunswick Square
Saint John, NB
E2L 4V1

Tel: 506.643.6500
Fax: 506.643.6505

St. John’s

10 Fort William Pl., 5th Floor
Baine Johnston Centre
St. John’s, NL
A1C 1K4

Tel: 709.722.8735
Fax: 709.722.1763

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: Email: michael.crosbie@mcinnescooper.com; Office: St. John’s; Language(s): English

About Michael

Michael is a Partner in our St. John’s office whose practice is focused on real property law, municipal tax law and related litigation. He has a keen interest in litigation, interest-based negotiation and mediation techniques and has litigated real estate, mortgage, guarantee, land use, zoning, municipal tax sale, municipal assessment, and expropriation cases.

Michael has acted for Mortgagees in numerous security realizations, particularly powers of sale. He has chaired an Expropriation Panel and has been a frequent presenter at Canadian Property Tax Association and Appraisal Institute of Canada Conferences. Michael has been particularly involved in Municipal Tax Assessment and Expropriation cases involving appraisal issues such as value in use, value to owner, market value, enterprise value, ransom strips, marriage value and blackmail value. Michael was counsel in 3263083 Canada Ltd. (Labatt Brewery) v. St. John’s (City) (2005), 245 Nfld. & P.E.I.R., affirmed 205 N.L.C.A. 76 and in Gander International Airport Authority v. Gander (Town) 2008 N.L.T.D. 181, both of which are leading cases in municipal tax assessment law in Canada. In the Gander Airport case, Michael had the tax assessment reduced from $24,000,000 to $1. Michael has litigated assessment cases in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Michael was named Queen’s Counsel in April, 2010.

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LL.B., Queen's University (1982)
B.A. (Hons.), Queen's University (1979)

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Newfoundland & Labrador (1983)

Michael's Featured Content

Publication

September 12, 2016

Indian Bands Assessing Leased Reserve Lands for Property Tax Purposes Can't Have it Both Ways

On September 9, 2016, the Supreme Court of Canada decided in Musqueam Indian Band v. Musqueam Indian Band (Board of...

Publication

June 6, 2011

Atlantic Canadian Assessment Law

This is the second of three articles about general assessment principles in Canada and the four Atlantic Provinces. As explained...

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