Canadian counsel to Service Corporation International regarding debenture defeasance in connection with its CDN $290 million acquisition by take-over bid and compulsory acquisition of Keystone North America Inc.
Roberts v. Canadian Pacific Railway Co. et al., [2006] B.C.J. No. 2905, 2006 BCSC 1649 (BCSC): Successfully defended and opposed certification of a class action by property owners and users along a 1200 km stretch of railway traversing British Columbia, for damages for alleged nuisance and environmental torts arising from the daily operation of coal trains between the mines in the Kootenays and the Roberts Bank coal terminal on the Pacific Ocean south of Vancouver
Counsel to two automobile manufacturer defendants in a class action against seven manufacturers under the Competition Act in relation to the issue of U.S. v. Canada price differentials and warranties
Represented one of Canada's largest Schedule 1 chartered banks in a trademark infringement matter involving the intensely competitive and very short retirement savings season, in order to stop the offending use of our client's trademark
Successfully defeated certification of a class action claim against Canadian National Railways and Canadian Pacific Railways relating to alleged nuisance from the spread of coal dust off coal trains