Course Chairs
Robert Dawkins — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Matthew G. Swanson — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
About the Course Chairs
Robert Dawkins is a partner at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver. He has a commercial litigation practice and acts in a broad range of matters, including banking litigation, fraud recovery litigation, creditors' remedies, commercial lease disputes, shareholder disputes, contract and sale-of-goods disputes, and intellectual property/anti-piracy litigation. Rob has extensive experience obtaining and enforcing pre-trial injunction remedies, including Anton Piller orders (civil search orders) and Mareva injunctions (asset-freezing orders), and was a member of the Law Society of BC’s Mareva and Anton Piller Model Order Committee. For a number of years, Rob has been a course chair of CLEBC’s Creditors Remedies from beginner to advanced levels; this year he also co-edited the chapter on Injunctions and Preservation Orders in the CLEBC practice manual BC Creditors’ Remedies—An Annotated Guide. He has significant experience managing litigation posing unique challenges for recovery, including debt protester actions, in addition to fraud and intellectual property piracy cases.
Matthew G. Swanson is a litigation partner at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in Vancouver. His practice covers all aspects of corporate, commercial, and civil litigation, including contract litigation, real estate litigation, construction litigation, and franchise litigation. He also practices in the areas of creditors' remedies and banking litigation. Matthew has appeared as lead counsel in trials, summary trials, commercial arbitrations, and mediations. He has acted for some of British Columbia's and Canada's leading companies, including real estate developers, real estate brokerages, landlords, franchisors, and financial institutions, as well as companies involved in all levels of the construction industry.
Matthew is a frequent author and speaker, and has appeared as a guest lecturer at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law. He has published in BC Business, Building.ca, the Journal of Commerce, On-Site: Canada's Construction Magazine, and The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) publications.
Faculty
The Honourable Mr. Justice Barry M. Davies — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Scott R. Andersen — Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, Vancouver
Robert Dawkins — Borden Ladner Gervias LLP, Vancouver
Peter J. Roberts — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver
Kimberley A. Robertson — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver
John D. Shields — Shields Harney, Vancouver
Matthew G. Swanson — Borden Ladner Gervias LLP, Vancouver
Alastair Wade — Shields Harney, Vancouver
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