Dentons

Commerical Litigation; Insurance Litigation and Arbitration

Senior Counsel

Since 1997, Ian has practiced exclusively in the area of civil litigation. His experience includes development law, construction law, administrative law, municipal law, commercial disputes and shareholder disputes. He acts for developers, municipalities and adjacent landowners in development disputes, landowners in expropriation claims, vendors and purchasers in real estate litigation, and corporations and shareholders in oppression actions and other shareholder disputes. Ian has appeared before the Alberta Court of Appeal, the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench, the Federal Court of Appeal, the Federal Court-Trial Division and the BC Supreme Court. He has also appeared before administrative tribunals, including the Municipal Government Board. Ian has taught civil trial advocacy and professional responsibility at the Faculty of Law in the University of Alberta. Ian is also a member of the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board for the City of Edmonton, the body that hears all appeals from the City’s subdivision authority and development authority.

English

University of Alberta, 1996, LLB (with Distinction) Royal Conservatory of Music, 1992, ARCT