Areas of Practice: 
Accident / Personal Injury, Catastrophic Injury Cases, Commercial, Construction, Employment, Franchise, Government, Home Owners Associations, Insurance Bad Faith, Insurance Claims, Intellectual Property Rights, Landlord/Tenant, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Real Estate, Representational Legal Practice, Rights of Way, Boundaries & Adverse Possession, Shareholder Disputes, Taxation, Wills, Trusts & Estates

Bio

Barb is an experienced litigator who has appeared at all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada and a wide variety of statutory and appellate tribunals. For the last 23 years, however, she has focused her practice exclusively on alternate dispute resolution including facilitated negotiation, mediation, and arbitration. In those spheres, she has extensive experience in a broad range of areas including:

• Insurance (E & O, property, personal injury, coverage) disputes;
• Commercial (shareholder, leasing, expropriation) disputes;
• Transportation (marine, aviation, rail) disputes;
• Workplace (employment, WCB, OHS, privacy, discrimination) disputes; and
• Class Actions, large, complex multi party suits

Over the years, Barb’s mediation skills and pragmatism have been consistently recognized by her peers in the domestic, national, and international ADR communities. She is a frequent presenter to members of both the legal and related professions on ADR related topics and a mentor / coach to numerous ADR students and professionals.

Professional Information

Practice Description:

Cornish Margolis Boyd’s mediation and arbitration practice spans virtually every sector and subject matter.

We work with organizations and individuals from both the private and public sectors. Whether working alone or as co-mediators, our experience extends from two-party mediations and arbitrations to complex matters that involve numerous parties and their respective lawyers.

Education Training:
Speech Sciences Licentiateship, University of Leeds, United Kingdom 1978; Bachelor of Arts (Psychology/Linguistics), University of Alberta 1985; Doctor of Jurisprudence, University of Victoria 1988; BC Court of Appeal – Law Clerk to the Honourable Carrothers & Hinkson J.J.A. 1988-1989; Called to the Bar of British Columbia 1990