SMR obtains large punitive damages award for wrongfully dismissed senior manager after summary trial
SMR lawyers Jessica Lithwick and Maya O. Ollek were counsel for Mr. Paul Chu in his successful claim for wrongful dismissal against the Defendant, China Southern Airlines (“China Southern”). Mr. Chu was a founding employee of China Southern’s first Canadian office, which was located in Vancouver and managed flights to and from Vancouver International Airport. […]
Maya Ollek is presenting on January 11, 2023 at the CBABC Appellate Advocacy 2022 Year in Review section meeting
Maya will be joined by Kathryn McGoldrick from Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang and Mark Iyengar from Peck & Co in a discussion on the top cases from last year in the areas of civil litigation, criminal law and public/administrative/regulatory law. This lunch and learn session will take place via webinar.
SMR Welcomes David Eleff to the Partnership
SMR is pleased to announce that it has welcomed David Eleff to the Partnership effective January 1, 2023. David was called to the bar in 2009 and joined the firm in October 2021. He provides practical and straightforward advice to his clients in his general civil litigation practice which focuses on personal injury and medical […]
SMR Named One of Canada’s Best Law Firms for 2023 by The Globe and Mail
SMR is pleased to announce that it has once again been named by The Globe and Mail and Statista as one of Canada’s Best Law Firms in the categories of Administration & Public Law and Dispute Resolution (Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations). The list of Canada’s Best Law Firms was created based on more than 10,000 […]
Greg Cavouras is presenting on October 26, 2022 at the annual conference of the Canadian Network of Agencies for Regulation.
This two-day conference will take place in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Greg will be joining Dr. Chris Hacker, Registrar and CEO of the BC College of Oral Health Professionals, and Thomas Lutes, General Counsel and Deputy CEO of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia, in a panel presentation on strategies for responding to criticism for […]
Elizabeth Allan is presenting on October 3 and November 8, 2022 at CLEBC’s courses on affidavits
These half-day seminars, Affidavit Basics and Affidavit Secrets, will discuss the essentials of effectively working with the most common form of evidence with contributions from experienced litigators and members of the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
SMR’s David Eleff Expanding Practice Into Workplace Investigations
Sugden, McFee & Roos LLP is pleased to announce that David Eleff has expanded the scope of his practice into the area of Workplace Investigations. Having recently obtained a certificate in Workplace Investigation Techniques, David looks forward to assisting employers, both unionized and non-unionized, in conducting investigations into complaints of workplace harassment, discrimination, violence and […]
SMR successfully represents Law Society of British Columbia in the BC Court of Appeal
SMR lawyers Jennifer Millerd and Maya O. Ollek represented the Law Society of British Columbia (the “Law Society”) as respondent in an appeal in the British Columbia Court of Appeal, McLeod v. Law Society of British Columbia, 2022 BCCA 280. The appellant, a member of the Law Society (the “Member”), was found guilty by a Hearing […]
SMR was counsel for the West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund: R. v. Kirkpatrick
SMR was counsel for the West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund (“West Coast LEAF”), which intervened at the Supreme Court of Canada in the recently decided case of R. v. Kirkpatrick, 2022 SCC 33. SMR lawyer Jessica Lithwick represented West Coast LEAF in its intervention, which focused on the impact of the criminal law of […]
SMR successful at the Alberta Court of Appeal in defending religious society members’ right to bring an oppression claim
SMR lawyers Mike Shirreff and Jessie Meikle-Kähs are counsel for two members of the Siri Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara of Alberta, a society that operates a Sikh temple in Edmonton (the “Society”). SMR commenced an oppression claim on behalf of their clients against the Society alleging that the Executive Committee had acted in an oppressive […]