PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born: Montreal October 3,
1941
Languages spoken: English and
French
EDUCATION
McGill University B.C.L. (1965)
Bishop's University B.A. (1962)
Malvern College Malvern,
Worcs., U.K. (1959)
Oxford and Cambridge A-Levels,
English with distinction
Stouts Hill
Preparatory School Dursley, Glos., U.K. (1955)
EMPLOYMENT
Marler & Associates, Senior & Managing Partner
(1995- )
Marler, Sproule, Castonguay,
Senior & Managing Partner (1980 - 1994)
Chauvin, Marler, Baudry, Partner (1973 - 1979)
McMaster, Meighen, Associate Lawyer (1967 - 1973)
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
HIGHLIGHTS
Governmental
Appointments
1973: Appointed by Minister
of Transport to advise, recommend and draft regulations to govern the Laurentian
Pilotage Authority (the Authority controlling the navigable waters of the St.
Lawrence River below the St. Lambert Lock) these being the regulations which
still govern the sector in question.
1975: Appointed by the
Minister of Transport to inquire into the circumstances of the collision between
the American flag motor-vessel Steelton and Bridge 12 on the Welland Canal,
which collision caused the destruction of the bridge and the closure of the
Canal.
Pilotage Commissions
1990: Commissioned by the Laurentian Pilotage Authority to advise it in respect to the pedagogical
soundness of the exams which it sets to grant certification to pilots.
Landmark Legal Decisions
Pleaded before the Supreme
Court of Canada the three cases ("Buenos Aires Maru", 1986, "Chartwell", 1989,
and "Monk", 1991, known informally as "the trilogy") which define the
constitutional and legal parameters of Canadian maritime law, the degree to
which that law is federal or provincial, the jurisdiction of the Federal Court
of Canada in maritime matters, and the validity of non-responsibility and
restrictive liability clauses in contracts pertaining to the carriage of goods
by sea.
AWARDS
Martindale-Hubbell (inter
alia a peer rating legal directory) AV rating.
(AV is the highest rating: it signifies legal abilities of the highest standard
and professional ethics above question; held by less than 4% of all attorneys in
North America.)
PUBLICATIONS
The Validity
of Pre-Loading and After-Discharge Loss Immunity Clauses as Found Within
Port-to-Port Ocean Bills of Lading, Meredith Memorial Lecture Series, McGill
University, 1986
A variety of
articles to maritime industry journals relating to maritime law.
COURSES & LECTURES
Course
lecturer in maritime law to The Shipping Federation of Canada (Concordia
University)
Course
lecturer in Business Law & Ethics, Faculty of Commerce & Administration,
Concordia University
Course
lecturer in International Trade Law, Dept. Cont. Education, Concordia University
Course
lecturer in Starting Your Own Business, Dept. Cont. Education, Concordia
University
Course
lecturer in Concepts of Business Law, Dept. Cont. Education, Concordia
University
Course
lecturer in maritime law to the Canadian International Freight Forwarders
Association
Course
lecturer in maritime law to the Insurance Institute of Canada
Guest lecturer
in maritime law to the Faculty of Law, McGill University
Guest lecturer
to the Toronto Marine Loss Group of the Canadian Board of the Marine
Underwriters
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
Member of the Bars of Montreal and Quebec.
Associate Member and previous
Director of the Canadian Maritime Law Association.
Past-Chairman
of the Association of Average Adjusters of Canada.
President (1973-1975) of
Quebec Division of Maritime Section of the Canadian Bar Association.
APPOINTMENTS/ POSITIONS
Commission
R.C.A.F. (1963)
Academic
& Quasi-Academic:
Corporation of Bishop's
University
(1976-1979) Appointed Trustee - 3 year term
(1976-1978) Appointed to Executive Committee of Corporation
(1979-1981) Appointed Chairman of Executive Committee of Corporation
(1982-1985) Appointed Trustee - 3 year term
(1986-1989) Appointed Trustee - 3 year term
(1989-1992) Appointed Trustee - 3 year term
(1992-1995) Appointed Trustee - 3 year term
Festival Lennoxville
Director (1978-1982)
Responsible for the financial and leasing relationship between this theatre
company and Bishop's University.
Morgan Arboretum Association
Member (1972-1990)
Director (1980-1984)
President (1984-1990)
As President, responsible for the direction and management of McGill's 450-acre
woodlot management preserve in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue.
Sedbergh School
Trustee (1985-1987)
Responsible for liaison between this private co-educational residential school
and the parents.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:
Municipality of Lac Tremblant
Nord
Councillor (1970-1972)
Secretary-Treasurer (1972-1974)
As Secretary-Treasurer, responsible for the management of this Quebec
municipality; drafted the building, zoning and environmental by-laws which have
preserved Lac Tremblant and which by-laws have become a standard of
lake-environmental protection in the Province of Quebec.
Lac Tremblant Property Owners
Association
Director & President (1975-1980)
Drafted by-laws of this Association, which protects the Lac Tremblant
environment.
Canadian Ski Marathon Inc.
Vice-President (1974-1975)
Part of the initiative which developed the Marathon into a mass appeal, annual
family event enrolling at its peak in excess of 4000 participants; responsible
for the transportation and housing of the participants as well as the
preparation of the trails in the eastern sector (Lachute -Montebello).
Harwood Horse Trials
Organizer (1986-88)
Took over the organization of this high-profile equestrian event, setting a
standard of safety for the horse and rider, and a standard of enjoyment for the
spectator.
Canadian Pony Club
District Commissioner (1980-84)
Treasurer (1985)
Responsible for the organization of one of the districts of the CPC, which is
dedicated to the development of youth in the equestrian world.
The Mount Royal Cemetery
Company
Director (1993-2000)
Responsible for the direction of the assets and operations of the institution.
Orleans Fish and Game Club
Member (1976- )
President (1986-97) (1999- )
As President, responsible for the staffing, maintenance and preservation of a
fly-fishing club north of Quebec City.
The 20 Club
Member (1986-1988)
Secretary-Treasurer (1988)
Vice-President (1989)
President (1990)
A bi-monthly meeting of leaders of Montreal's academic, industrial and
professional community; topics discussed set within the context of a formal
debate.
Christ Church Cathedral,
Montreal
Corporate fund-raiser, 1994 annual performance Handel's Messiah
University Club of Montreal
Member (1992- )
Royal Montreal Curling Club
Member (1996-2003)
Knowlton
Golf Club
Member (2004- )
Brome Lake Chamber of
Commerce
Director (2004- )
Member (2002- )
Butters Foundation
Member (2005- )
Brome Lake Land Foundation
Inc.
Member (2005- )
PERSONAL INTERESTS AND
ACTIVITIES
Choral singing, reading
(particularly but not exclusively history and biographies), curling, sailing,
gardening, canoeing, camping and fly-fishing.
Countries Lived
In:
Canada
Great Britain
U.S.A.
