Kate Boyle is a partner at Wagners and plays a leadership role in the firm’s national class actions practice. She represents plaintiffs in complex litigation involving institutional abuse, sexual misconduct, privacy breaches, contaminated medical products, environmental harm, and systemic negligence in long-term care. Kate is one of the primary lawyers at Wagners working on the Tobacco CCAA restructuring, under the firm’s court appointment as Representative Counsel for Canadians harmed by tobacco. That multibillion-dollar resolution provides direct compensation for victims of tobacco-related disease and establishes a $1 billion fund to improve health outcomes. Her recent work includes national class action settlements for individuals affected by sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces, patients injured by Wright Profemur hip implants, and former students of Deaf and Hard of Hearing residential schools (settlement approval pending). She also acts in certified and proposed class actions, including Northwood LTC COVID-19 deaths, the Air Canada Flight 624 crash, RCMP Operational Stress Injuries, and a privacy breach at Nova Scotia Health. Kate has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal, and courts across multiple provinces.
