LITIGATION

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Alberta Court of Appeal lets non-lawyer act for company in stay request
However, judge ultimately refuses to stay orders in expropriation case
Quebec Court of Appeal affirms $50K interim costs award in shareholder oppression litigation
Judge saw apparent link between financial difficulty and allegedly oppressive conduct
Thomas J. Moran joins DLA Piper Canada’s litigation partnership
The former Norton Rose Fulbright partner focuses on arbitration, injunctions, trials, appeals
Ontario Superior Court varies cost order to also hold class counsel directly responsible for paying
Motion to vary arose from employment-related class action that failed
Alberta Court of Appeal upholds refusal to strike claim arising from oil and gas zone investments
Action alleges damage by injecting water into Sparky K Formation

2025 LEADING LAWYERS IN LITIGATION

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Peter F.C. Howard
Year called to bar: 1982
Toronto, Ontario
Guillaume Lavoie Ste-Marie
Year called to bar: 2014
Montréal, Québec
Hugo Babos-Marchand
Year called to bar: 2009
Montréal, Québec
Kirk M. Baert
Year called to bar: 1990
Toronto, Ontario
Chris G. Paliare
Year called to bar: 1973
Toronto, Ontario
Gunnar Benediktsson
Year called to bar: 2014
Calgary, Alberta

2025 LEADING LAW FIRMS IN LITIGATION

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Pape Chaudhury LLP
Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP
Stikeman Elliott LLP
Cain Lamarre
DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
Smart & Biggar