Publications

Harper Grey lawyers frequently present and publish on a wide variety of legal topics. We have sorted these documents according to the legal area. Just select the area of interest to you and browse through our collection of articles.

For articles published before 2005 please view our archived publications.

Administrative Law
Bankruptcy & Insolvency
Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Environmental Law
Insurance Law
Other Articles

Administrative Law

Administrative Law Netletter
Published Monthly by the Administrative Law Group at Harper Grey LLP

The Harper Grey LLP Administrative Law Netletter offers helpful summaries of significant legal developments across Canada to our clients and contacts.

Bankruptcy & Insolvency

An Education in Debt: Student Loans and Bankruptcy
Harper Grey LLP Lawyer: Kristin B. Gardner
Original paper prepared for: The Canadian Bar Association Annual Pan-Canadian Insolvency and Restructuring Conference, Quebec, September 2007

Corporate and Commercial Litigation

"Oakwell Engineering v. Enernorth Industries: Questions of Burden and Bias in the Enforcement of Foreign Judgments", Canadian Bar Review
Harper Grey LLP Lawyers: John P. Sullivan, Jonathan M.S. Woolley
April 2007

Environmental Law

Canadian National Railway v. ABC Recycling
Case comment: recovering legal costs associated with site cleanup
Harper Grey LLP Lawyers: Richard P. Attisha, Richard E. Bereti
August 7, 2007

The Environmental Management Act (“EMA”) creates a cause of action where a person who cleans up contamination may sue persons “responsible” for the contamination, as long as the clean up costs were reasonably incurred.

"British Columbia Environmental Management Legislation and Commentary (2007 Edition)", LexisNexis Butterworths
Harper Grey LLP Lawyer: Richard E. Bereti
February 2007

Insurance Law

Courts Siding with Insurers over Criminal Act Exclusion
Article by Jonathan Meadows published in Insurancewest
Harper Grey LLP Lawyer: Jonathan D. Meadows
November 2007

Insurance professionals are often required to consider the potential ramifications of criminal activities. Most deal with fraud or arson on a regular basis. Many are frustrated by the perception that the courts make it difficult for insurers to deny coverage. However, recent decisions with respect to the criminal act exclusion suggest that the judicial tide is turning in favour of insurers.

Firewalls protect mobile insurance bar by minimizing risks of disclosure
Article published in The Lawyers Weekly
Harper Grey LLP Lawyers: Sandra L. Kovacs, Sarah L. Swan
October 26, 2007

While clients enjoy the ability to move from one insurance company to another, lawyers' professional mobility is bound by significant restrictions. They owe enduring duties of loyalty and confidentiality to all clients, whether they be an insurer or an insured. However, a recent B.C. decision effectively affords greater mobility to lawyers practicing within the insurance bar, provided sufficient measures are taken to minimize the risk of inadvertent disclosure of confidential client information.

Allocation of Coverage and Liabilities in Long Tail Claims, a paper for the 2007 CLE Insurance Law Conference
Harper Grey LLP Lawyer: Peter M. Willcock
Course Materials for CLE Insurance Law Conference 2007, January 1, 2007

This paper was written for and presented to the Continuing Legal Education Society's Insurance Law Conference 2007.