Bar Fellowship
by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of London, England.
Some of the clients he has represented in his career:
· Agra Industries (now AMEC)
· Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Limited
· Concert Properties Ltd.
· Fluor Canada Ltd.
· Harvest Energy Trust
· TransAlta Corporation
· TransCanada Pipelines Limited
· Western Co-operative Fertilizers Limited?
Experience
TransAlta Corporation
TransAlta Corporation ats United Utility Workers and Landon Melan, [2004] 354 (Pension Surplus Dispute)
TransCanada Pipelines Limited
Bannister Pipeline Company v. TransCanada PipeLines Limited, [2004] 8 W.W.R. 329 (Pipeline Construction Dispute Involving Tendering)
Crown Life
Foster v. Crown Life et al (2004), 1 W.W.R. 385 (Defence of Claim for Disability Insurance)
TransAlta Corporation
TransAlta Corporation v. Enmax Corporation (Arbitration of Power Purchase Agreement)
Gordon Barken and Edmund Klassen
Northland Bank and Deloitte and Touche Inc. v. Willson et al., Barker, Klassen et al. (Defence of Directors and Officers)
Hardy BBT (Agra Industries Ltd.)
Trizec v. Ellis Don, Agra Industries Inc. et al, [1998] 227 A.R. 1, (1998) 42 C.L.R. (2d) 1 (Defence of Geotechnical Engineers in a Construction Dispute)
Western Co-operative Fertilizers Limited
Stettler et al v. Western Co-operative Fertilizers Limited et al (1997) 201 AR 59 (Representative Action Pension Surplus Dispute)
Marvin Grove
Nova v. Guelph Engineering Co., M.H. Grove, et al (1987), 52 A.L.R. 422 (Product Liability Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion)
Mitsui & Co.
Mitsui & Co. v. Ocelot Industries Ltd. (1984), 51 A.R. 98 (Alta C.A.) (Commercial Contract for Purchase of Methanol)
Northwest Nitro Chemicals Ltd. & Western Co-operative Fertilizers Ltd.
Regina v. Cominco, Western Co-Operative Fertilizers Limited et al (1980), 2 W.W.R. 693 (Defence of Combines Investigation Prosecution Against the Fertilizer Industry)
Arbitration and Mediation
News
March 19, 2012, Clients and Experts Have Spoken: Chambers Global 2012 awards top rankings to Fasken Martineau in four areas of practice
Fasken Martineau announced today a significant increase in the number of lawyers and practice groups ranked by Chambers and Partners in the 2012 Global Guide.
September 29, 2011, Best Lawyers in Canada: Over 100 Fasken Martineau lawyers again listed among the best
May 19, 2011, 79 Fasken Martineau lawyers listed in Lexpert's 2011 Canadian Legal Directory
March 28, 2011, Results Are In: Fasken Lawyers Ranked by Chambers and Partners jumps 24% in 2011
September 20, 2010, Best Lawyers in Canada: 102 Fasken Martineau lawyers listed among the best
Fasken Martineau's lawyers are once again listed as leaders in more than 30 different practice areas.
July 15, 2010, Leaders in Canada's Law Community: Lexpert ranks 76 Fasken Martineau lawyers in 2010 Guide
Fasken Martineau also maintains its place as the third largest law firm in Canada.
October 30, 2009, The results are in: 96 Fasken Martineau lawyers named The Best Lawyers in Canada 2010
Best Lawyers, the oldest peer-review publication in the legal profession, has listed 96 Fasken Martineau lawyers in its 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada.
January 21, 2009, Eighty Seven Fasken Martineau Lawyers Named in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2009
February 20, 2008, Prominent Calgary litigator, Thomas H. Ferguson QC, joins firm as Counsel
January 1, 2008, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2008 - Fasken Martineau garners 69 nominations
Publications
August 2008, The Evolution of Rule 200(1) co-author with Douglas Yoshida and Kirsten Thoreson
Alberta Law Review
August 2007, Duty to Disclose - Construction Tendering
Issue of Construction Law Update News Bulletin
March 2006, Participant in panel on the Art of Advocacy - Presented paper on Pointers on Examination-in-Chief
Alberta Law Conference
April 2005, Case comment on Insurance Law - McClocklin Real Estate Corporation v. Lloyds Underwriters (2004), 11 WWR 393
The Lawyers Weekly
Presentations
· Landmark Pension Decision: What the Kerry Decision Means to You
Membership/Affiliations
· Fellow of Chartered INstitute of Arbitrators (FCI Arb.)
· Canadian Bar Association
· Alberta Bar Association
Honours and Awards
· Appointed Queen's Counsel in the Province of Alberta in 1988
· Accepted as a Fellow by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCI Arb.) in 2009
· Best Lawyers in Canada; Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Law (2010)