Rory Barnable

First Year of Call
2002

Areas of Practice
Civil Litigation, Construction Law, Environmental Law, Insurance Law, Natural Resources and Energy, Transportation Law

Description
EDUCATION

2002-2003  Master of Laws, University College London, London, United Kingdom

                 •     International Business Law

1998-2001  Bachelor of Laws, University ofNew Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

1993-1997  Bachelor of Arts, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

                 •     Major in Geography, Minor in Environmental Studies

LEGAL WORK EXPERIENCE

August 2008 to Present – McCague Borlack LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Partner (2013), Insurance and Commercial litigation

•     construction, product liability, insurance coverage, class actions

•     Insurance Coverage Group Co-Chair, (20 14-Present)

•      Marine Law Group Chair (2009-Present).

January 2008 to August 2008 – Stewart McKelvey, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Associate, Commercial litigation

•     commercial disputes, construction, product liability, class actions.

August 2007 to December 2007 – Miller Thomson LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Associate, Insurance and Commercial litigation

•     commercial and construction disputes, insurance coverage, securities litigation.

January 2005 to August 2007 – Bennett Jones LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Associate, Commercial litigation

•     securities and commercial disputes, fraud, insurance coverage, construction.

May 2000 to December 2004 – Mcinnes Cooper, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

Associate & Summer Student, Litigation/Labour

•     commercial, construction, and property litigation, and industrial labour.

MEMBERSHIPS/EXTRA-CVRRICULAR ACTIVITIES

2014 to Present – Toronto Law Journal – Toronto Lawyers Association

•     Contributing Editor, Construction Law Section

2009 to Present – Canadian Board of Marine Underwriters

•     Chair, Claims and Loss Prevention Committee (2015)

2009 to Present – Canadian Maritime Law Association

2005 to Present – Law Society of Upper Canada

•     Admitted as Barrister and Solicitor. 2005

2000 to Present – Law Society of Newfoundland

•     Admitted as Barrister and Solicitor, 2002

2000 to Present – Canadian/Ontario Bar Association

2003 – London Shipping Law Centre

•      Student Member

2004 – Coastal Zone Canada Conference, 2004

•      Speaker/Co-Author "Oil Pollution from Ships: Regulatory Stricture and Public Perception"

2004 – Protected Areas Association of Newfoundland and Labrador

•     Board of Directors

2003 – Magna International Inc. -"As Prime Minister" Alumni Community

•     Board of Governors

2003 – Memorial University of Newfoundland

•     Guest Lecturer – Business Law I

2000-2001 – UNB Law Journal

•     Editorial Staff.

2000 – Co-chair of Law Week 2000

•     Student organized seminar series.

1999-2000 – Fredericton Legal Clinic

•     Student Assistant.
 

ACHIEVEVEMENTS/SCHOLARSHIPS

2001 – Harold Puddester Prize

•     University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Law.

2000 – New Brunswick Law Foundation Scholarship

•     New Brunswick Law Foundation.

1999 – Canada Millennium Scholarship

•     Government of Canada.

1999 – Magna International "As Prime Minister…" Awards Program

•     Atlantic Canada Regional Finalist, Magna International Inc.

1998 – National Environmental Youth Corps Internship

•     Canadian Council for Human Resources in the Environment Industry.
 

SAMPLE WORK EXPERIENCE

•     Defence  and  plaintiff  representation on litigation  proceedings relating to construction, environmental, product  liability,  professional  indemnity,  transportation and fidelity insurance matters;

•     Advising insurers on coverage obligations and pertaining to construction matters, claims relating to natural resource and environmental losses, product liability claims, and professional indemnity, transportation and fidelity matters;

•     Acting in defence of class actions including actions against a provincial  regulator following a substantial  industrial  gas  explosion located  within  a metropolitan centre,  an  international agricultural corporation involving historical usage of certain herbicides;

•     Various litigation matters including co-counsel on leading Supreme Court of Canada decision concerning jurisdiction in defamation matters; co-counsel  challenging City of Toronto  2010 municipal election due to voting irregularities;

•     Acting on civil fraud proceedings, including  injunctive  relief and asset recovery,  for various matters including an international food processor after a multi-million dollar fictitious vendor scheme, a national title insurer after a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud, a national commercial lender after a multi-million dollar student loan fraud, a leading computer memory manufacturer after a multi-million dollar kickback  scheme,  individual  victims of mortgage  and real estate frauds, and proceedings to assisted a U.S. receiver after a multi-million dollar securities fraud;

•     Securities litigation  including  assisting  with  internal  investigation of a telecommunications company into granting of share options, advising investors in relation to the 2007 ABCP market collapse,  insurance coverage  issues concerning funding  disputes  surrounding settlement  of a derivative action commenced in the Delaware Court of Chancery;

•     Advising  on tort claims,  insurance  particulars, and labour and employment issues involving employee and public health and safety.