WeirFoulds congratulates Denise Baker and Wayne Egan on being appointed Co-Managing Partners

WeirFoulds LLP is pleased to announce that the partnership has appointed Denise Baker and Wayne Egan as Co-Managing Partners, effective July 1, 2022. Wayne has acted as the Managing Partner since he was appointed to the position in 2018.

Antigua and Barbuda overturn anti-LGBTQ laws

On July 5, 2022, Antigua and Barbuda’s High Court of Justice declared laws which criminalize consensual, private, same-sex intimacy between adults to be unconstitutional. Nadia Chiesa and WeirFoulds LLP worked as part of a team of lawyers from across the Caribbean dedicated to social justice to support ECADE in this litigation.

WeirFoulds receives the 2022 Ontario Law Firm of the Year Award

WeirFoulds is recognized as “Ontario Law Firm of the Year” by the Canadian Law Awards. The in-person Awards Gala took place on May 19, 2022 at the Arcadian Court in Toronto. Firms are considered based on the quality, qualifications, importance and innovativeness of legal work performed by their lawyers throughout the 2021 calendar year. This is the second time that WeirFoulds has been recognized with this award, previously receiving the honour in 2020.

Russian Invasion of Ukraine

On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, escalating years of conflict between the two countries and triggering a worldwide humanitarian crisis.

WeirFoulds Subrogation & Recovery Group Successfully Upholds $24.3 Million Trial Award for Oil Pipeline Leaks

In a 2-1 decision, the majority for the Alberta Court of Appeal very recently upheld a decision rendered by Justice Marriott of the Alberta Court of King’s Bench, which award our client, ISH Energy Ltd., damages in excess of $24 million against its pipeline contract operator, Weber Contract Service Inc. for breach of contract and negligence in the maintenance and operation of an oil field.

National Day for Truth & Reconciliation

Canada officially observes the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation for the first time on September 30th, honouring Indigenous children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. The day had been unofficially observed since 2013 as Orange Shirt Day, an Indigenous-led grassroots commemorative day intended to raise awareness of the individual, family and community inter-generational impacts of residential schools.

Marie-Andrée Vermette is appointed as Judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario

Former Partner Marie-Andrée Vermette is appointed as Judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Toronto).

Marie-Andrée was a partner at WeirFoulds for almost 20 years and Chair of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group for four years. She was involved in some of the most publicized and sophisticated corporate/commercial disputes, class actions, and public law cases

WeirFoulds mourns the loss of Barnet Kussner

WeirFoulds mourns the sudden and tragic passing of Partner, friend and colleague, Barnet Kussner (“Barney”). Barney passed away on the evening of February 14, 2021.

In 1989, Barney joined the firm as an articling student. Following his Call to the Ontario Bar in 1991, he became a foundational member of our Municipal Law Group and went on to become regarded as one of the top municipal lawyers in Canada. Following 32 years with the firm, Barney will be remembered as a kind and generous man with a passion for life and his work, but above all for his deep love for his family. He will be deeply missed by everyone who was privileged to know him.