![]() This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. ![]() (4th) 6ĭecision of the Ontario Court of appeal setting aside a transaction involving the participating account of a leading Canadian life insurer for failure to comply with GAAP and other regulatory contraventions. et al, 2018 ONSC 1794ĭecision of the divisional Court of Ontario certifying a class action of claimants for negligent misrepresentation in relation to a certificate by underwriters in an IPO. ![]() Leading decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal on the courts jurisdiction to certify a global class of competition claimants with respect to an alleged air cargo price-fixing conspiracy. ![]() Leading decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal on the regulated conduct defence as applicable to civil class actions by competition claimants.Īiria Brands Inc. Liquor Control Board of Ontario, 2019 ONCA 305, 145 O.R. RBC Asset Management, 2021 BCSC 144īritish Columbia Supreme Court decision certifying a global class action of claimants with respect to excessive fees charged by asset managers to the detriment of unitholders in Canadian investment funds. In Canada, recent examples of leading judicial decisions include: Notable International Commercial Litigation cases Securities litigation expertise includes some of Canada’s largest and most notable actions with respect to investment funds and large-cap issuers.įinancial services expertise includes complex regulatory controversies involving financial services and products, including novel digital currencies. Reinsurance expertise includes catastrophe losses, allocation/aggregation issues, and contested recapture of high-value life are insurance contracts.Ĭompetition expertise includes major Canadian and UK collective redress proceedings involving diverse industries. Paul is particularly experienced in disputes relating to financial services and securities, competition litigation, and commercial arbitration (e.g., insurance/reinsurance/retrocession). Paul’s vast experience and well-earned reputation for effective advocacy generates request for representation from lawyers and corporate counsel in Canada, the United States of America, Europe, and Asia. Paul qualified as a United Kingdom barrister in 2018 after a 35+ year career as a leading counsel in Canada. He also undertakes significant International collaboration, including work with the French National Space Agency (CNES), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia in Brazil, as well as numerous universities in the US, Europe and Africa.Paul Bates acts as senior counsel for leading law firms in Canada and internationally in high-stakes business litigation, collective redress, and appellate advocacy. of Civil Engineering, Laboratoire National d'Hydraulique, Paris, the EU Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He has held Visiting Scientist positions at Princeton University, Dept. For videos of Paul talking about his research see here and here. Paul's main science contribution has been to improve the prediction of flood inundation through the development of new computer models, the use of data from new airborne, satellite and ground sensors and through the better characterization of risk and uncertainty. He currently has an ISI H-index of 77 (or 97 on Google Scholar). He has published over 230 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, and these were cited over 2000 times in 2020 according to the ISI Web of Knowledge. He is a double recipient of the Lloyd's of London Science of Risk prize and in 2015 he was awarded a 50th Anivversary Prize for Economic Impact by the UK's Natural Environment Research Council. He is also Chairman of the flood risk analytics company Fathom ( He has widespread research interests in risk, resilience, uncertainty, governance and decision-making in relation to natural hazards and global water issues. Paul is a hydrologist by background, a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the American Geophysical Union, a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award holder and in 2019 was awarded a CBE for services to flood risk management.
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