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Writing

 Blog Posts 

on legal ethics and professional regulation

The "good character" problem

Slaw.ca, March 26, 2024

Ensuring professional competence?

Slaw.ca, March 18, 2021

Why do we regulate lawyers?

Slaw.ca, January 14, 2021

Selected publications

 Book Chapters and Journal Articles 

Rule 61 - Appeals to an Appellate Court

in Noel Semple (ed.), Civil Practice and Procedure in Ontario, CanLII, 2021 - 2022

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Rule 62 - Appeals from Interlocutory Orders and Other Appeals to a Judge

in Noel Semple (ed.), Civil Practice and Procedure in Ontario, CanLII, 2021 - 2022

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Fusion or Confusion? But-For Causation in Fiduciary Law in Stirrett v. Cheema

in the Honourable Todd L. Archibald, ed. Annual Review of Civil Litigation, 2021 (Toronto, Thomson Reuters, 2021) 363 (co-authored with Toby Samson).

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Explaining disqualification: An Empirical Review of Motions for the Removal of Counsel

(2020) 45:2 Queen's Law Journal 199

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Common-sense causation: How a robust and pragmatic application of the 'but for' test can solve the circular causation problem in cases of multiple contributing tortfeasors

in the Honourable Justice Todd L. Archibald, ed., Annual Review of Civil Litigation, 2018 (Toronto, Thomson Reuters, 2018) 457 (co-authored with Alexi Wood)

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Developments in the Legal Profession: Lizotte, Alberta and Green and the Growing Power of Privilege and Professional Regulators

(2018) 82 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 71

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Effecting a Culture Shift: An Empirical Review of Ontario's Summary Judgment Reform

(2017) 54:4 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 1275

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Time for the courts to go paperless

Law Times, April 24, 2017

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Shifting blame? Reassessing the tort of inducing breach of contract following A.I. Enterprises

in Todd L. Archibald and Randall Scott Echlin, eds., Annual Review of Civil Litigation, 2016 (Toronto: Thomson Reuters, 2016) 245 

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#Inappropriate: Ramifications of teachers' off-duty social media postings

(2016) 26.1 Education Law Journal 53

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Backpedalling on Charter Damages: Henry v British Columbia (Attorney General)

(2016) 45(3) Advocates' Quarterly 359

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Developments in Access to Justice: Trial Lawyers' Association of British Columbia and the Supreme Court's use of the Constitution to Protect Public Access to the Courts

(2016) 72 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 485

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Like a prayer: Administrative law implications of the Supreme Court's freedom of religion decision in Saguenay

(2015) 34(2) Advocates' Journal 42

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The Not-So-Bright Line Rule: Lingering Questions About Lawyers' Duty to Avoid Conflicting Interests: CN Railway v McKercher

(2014) 42 Advocates Quarterly 422

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Better value: Problems with the billable hour and the viability of value-based billing

(2013) 90 Canadian Bar Review 677

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Settling for less: How the Rules of Civil Procedure overlook the public perspective of justice

(2011) 39 Advocates Quarterly 222

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Articles reproduced with permission of the publishers (Queen's Law Journal; Osgoode Hall Law Journal; Thomson Reuters Canada Limited; and LexisNexis Canada Inc)

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