LITIGATION

What businesses can take away from the SCC SS&C spoliation ruling
The top court updated its framework on what happens if parties intentionally destroy, alter or conceal evidence
Fasken welcomes Paul Reid as litigation partner in Tsuut’ina office
He brings experience in wills and estates litigation, commercial disputes and Indigenous matters
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

2025 LEADING LAWYERS IN LITIGATION

Guillaume Lavoie Ste-Marie
Year called to bar: 2014
Montréal, Québec
Éric Vallières
Year called to bar: 1992
Montréal, Québec
Michael Lubetsky
Year called to bar: 2009
Toronto, Ontario
Jonathan Ptak
Year called to bar: 2002
Toronto, Ontario
Eliot N. Kolers
Year called to bar: 1996
Toronto, Ontario
Crawford G. Smith
Year called to bar: 1999
Toronto, Ontario