Lindsay E.W. Barrett

Lindsay Barrett, left and Becky Lockhart won the right to represent B.C. at National Open Volleyball championships this week in Ontario when they won the provincial crown in July at Vancouver's Spanish Banks.
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Lindsay Barrett is a litigator who loves to fight for her clients in the courtroom.
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After only two seasons together playing beach, Lockhart and Barrett will battle together at Senior National Open championship tournament beginning this week along the shores of Georgian Bay in Wasaga Beach, Ont.
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"We've had to persevere through a lot of stuff and we've had a couple of tournament wins," Barrett, 28, a 1992 Semiahmoo Secondary grad, added.She is now an associate with Whitelaw Twining Barristers and Solicitors in Vancouver.
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During high school, Lockhart and Barrett were rivals on the indoor courts, captaining EMS Mariners and Semi Totems respectively.
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Barrett carried her court play to UBC, while earning a philosophy degree in 1997.She played three seasons with UBC and spent two years playing volleyball at Queen's University, captaining the Ontario school in 2000-01 campaign while earning her law degree.Longtime family friends, they found themselves back in Vancouver in December, 2001 and over a breakfast meeting one morning, they decided to team up on the beach."We were sort of at the next stage of our lives, we had a lot going on and it was tough to commit to a team of six," Barrett said.
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"We were known as the two big tall girls who could hit, but we couldn't play defence," Barrett said.
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Before we had to speak to one another on the court," Barrett added.
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It's given Barrett an outlet as she embarks on a hectic and busy law career."It's largely responsible for the type of person I am," she said.

Lindsay E.W. Barrett

Associate
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Lindsay Barrett was called to the Bar in 2002 and joined Whitelaw Twining in May 2002.She has experience in both the Provincial and Supreme Courts of British Columbia.She practices general insurance litigation, advises clients on coverage and defence matters and assists senior counsel on a variety of insurance litigation issues.She also acts for plaintiffs in subrogated actions focussing on recovery in property damage cases.

Lindsay has conducted seminars for colleagues on developments in the law relating to practice and procedure issues.She has experience in the organization of documentary evidence relating to large complex litigation files.

Lindsay has co-authored an article on the duty of department stores pursuant to the Occupiers Liability Act as well as an article respecting wrongful arrest and detention, focussing specifically on the duty of commercial security personnel.She also co-authored an article outlining the insuring and legal proceedings provisions contained within the Strata Property Act.

During law school Lindsay completed training in Alternative Dispute Resolution and she was awarded the Shibley Righton Award in Evidence.Lindsay was the Captain of the Queen's University Volleyball team and was Athlete of the Year in 2001.She competed in the 2003 Canadian National Beach Volleyball Championships at Wasaga Beach, Ontario.

Lindsay E.W. Barrett

Associate
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Lindsay Barrett was called to the Bar in 2002 and joined Whitelaw Twining in May 2002. She has experience in both the Provincial and Supreme Courts of British Columbia. She practices general insurance litigation, advises clients on coverage and defence matters and assists senior counsel on a variety of insurance litigation issues. She also acts for plaintiffs in subrogated actions focussing on recovery in property damage cases.

Lindsay has conducted seminars for colleagues on developments in the law relating to practice and procedure issues. She has experience in the organization of documentary evidence relating to large complex litigation files.

Lindsay has co-authored an article on the duty of department stores pursuant to the Occupiers Liability Act as well as an article respecting wrongful arrest and detention, focussing specifically on the duty of commercial security personnel. She also co-authored an article outlining the insuring and legal proceedings provisions contained within the Strata Property Act.

During law school Lindsay completed training in Alternative Dispute Resolution and she was awarded the Shibley Righton Award in Evidence. Lindsay was the Captain of the Queen's University Volleyball team and was Athlete of the Year in 2001. She competed in the 2003 Canadian National Beach Volleyball Championships at Wasaga Beach, Ontario.

Lindsay Barrett recently joined Whitelaw Twining as an associate. Lindsay obtained her LL.B. from Queen's University in 2001 and was called to the Bar in May 2002 after completing her articles at a downtown Vancouver law firm. At law school, Lindsay completed training in Alternative Dispute Resolution and she was awarded the Shibley Righton Award in Evidence. She has experience in both the Provincial and Supreme Courts of British Columbia.