Course Chairs
D. Ross McGowan — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Hunter Parsons — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
About the Course Chairs
Ross provides a broad range of compliance, risk management and litigation support, with a focus on assisting financial institutions in combating fraud and corruption. He also advises clients in operations, payment systems, policy advice, and regulatory compliance matters.
Within his practice, Ross works with a variety of insurers to provide coverage and subrogation advice relating to fraud losses, bondability of employees, policy design, and defence of claims. Ross' expertise also extends to commercial leasing disputes, advising landlords, property managers, and tenants on an array of issues.
Ross has represented Canadian banks and credit unions at trial and appellate courts across Canada on national and provincial class action defence matters, including ones requiring extensive knowledge of the Bills of Exchange Act, Payment Canada's Automated Clearing Settlement System Rules and Standards, the Bank Act, the Credit Union Incorporation Act, the Financial Institutions Act, and other legislation.
Hunter's practice focuses on the resolution of corporate and commercial disputes. He regularly acts as counsel in the prosecution and defence of shareholder, corporate and investment disputes, as well as oppression remedy claims brought under corporate legislation.
He advises clients in investment broker and advisor liability, commercial contractual claims, commercial leasing disputes, creditors' remedies, fraud recovery, and banking litigation.
Hunter has successfully represented clients in the Provincial Court of BC, the Supreme Court of BC, the Court of Appeal for BC, the BC Securities Commission, and in private commercial arbitration.
Hunter is a member of BLG's Diversity & Inclusion Committee and is also actively involved in the firm's student recruitment, summer student, and articling student programs.
Faculty
The Honourable Edward C. Chiasson, QC — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Alex Cocks — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver
Gerald A. (Gerry) Cutler, QC — Cuttler & Company, Vancouver
Sherryl Dubo — McMillan Dubo Law Group, Kamloops
David McKenzie — Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP, Vancouver
Kimberley A. Robertson — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver
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