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F. Paul Morrison
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Paul Morrison is a senior partner in our Litigation Group in Toronto.He is a past chair of the Litigation Group and the current Chair of the National Class Action Group.He has experience in a range of areas of litigation, particularly corporate and commercial litigation, class action litigation, securities litigation, competition litigation, professional liability and products liability.Mr. Morrison regularly acts in litigious matters on behalf of leading companies and institutions, both foreign and domestic and has appeared at all levels of trial and appellate court, including the Supreme Court of Canada and before administrative tribunals.
He has acted or is currently acting in a number of complex class action lawsuits.Mr. Morrison represented the General Electric Company in the defence of multiparty class proceedings, which culminated in a comprehensive settlement, a feature of which was the issuance of the first Bar Order in the history of class actions in Canada.He represented Clarica Life Insurance Company (now Sun Life Assurance Co.) in successfully opposing certification in a proposed class action on behalf of 240,000 policyholders claiming entitlement to premium off-set in the sale of life insurance policies; this was the first contested motion for certification in a "premium off-set" case in Canada.Mr. Morrison represented the Government of Ontario in the defence of highly publicized class proceedings arising out of the widespread contamination of the water supply in Walkerton, Ontario that resulted in seven deaths and illness to thousands of inhabitants of the Walkerton area.He was instrumental in fashioning a unique and widely-acclaimed settlement of this complex class action.
He successfully represented BCE Inc. in the defence of two substantial class proceedings instituted by former debenture holders and by minority shareholders of BCE's subsidiary, Bell Canada International Inc. ("BCI"), arising out of the implementation of BCI's recapitalization announced in December, 2001.
Mr. Morrison is currently acting for Degussa AG, a leading chemical manufacturer, and its affiliates, in the defence of cross-Canada class proceedings based upon allegations of a world-wide price-fixing conspiracy in the sale of vitamins for use in animal feed.This is the largest class action of its kind in Canada.He is also acting in several other cross-Canada price-fixing class actions relating to different products for international corporations.
Current class action retainers of note include representation of TD Bank and Canada Trust Company in proposed class actions alleging improper charges in connection with residential mortgage prepayments; representation of TD Securities Inc. in the defence of a shareholder class action arising out of the IPO of FMF Capital Group; and lead counsel for AirBus SA in the defence of class actions arising out of the landing mishap of Air France Flight 358 at Toronto International Airport in August 2005.
Mr. Morrison's career has been characterized by numerous lengthy and complex trials, including:
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Mr. Morrison has represented some of the world's most prominent partnerships and corporations in litigation involving hundreds of millions of dollars, including:
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Mr. Morrison was profiled on the cover story of Lexpert magazine entitled Canada/ U.S. Cross-Boarder Litigation in October 2005.
Mr. Morrison is profiled in the Lexpert Guide to the Leading 100 Canada/U.S. Cross-Boarder Litigators in Canada and is selected for inclusion in the Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada.
His expertise in class actions was featured as the cover story in The National, the magazine of the Canadian Bar Association for March/April 1998.
Mr. Morrison is also profiled as a leading commercial litigator in Guide to the World's Leading Litigation Lawyers (Commercial Litigation).He is listed in The World's Leading Lawyers, published by Chambers Global, as a leading lawyer in the area of litigation.He appears in the International Financial Law Review as a leading lawyer in the areas of litigation and ADR.He is profiled in Global Counsel 3000 as a leading practitioner in the areas of litigation and arbitration.He is, by invitation, an Honorary Overseas Member of the Commercial Bar Association, England and Wales (COMBAR).
Mr. Morrison was a special lecturer in Trial Advocacy at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, from 1982 to 1993.He is a regular guest instructor at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.He regularly appears as a speaker or instructor at seminars and conferences on litigation-related topics and has authored numerous publications, including a chapter on fiduciary duties of directors and officers in Directors' and Officers' Duties and Liabilities in Canada (Butterworths, 1997), and a chapter on settlements in Defending Class Actions in Canada (CCH, 2002).He is a member of the Editorial Board of and a regular contributor to Corporate Litigation (Federated Press).
Mr. Morrison currently serves as the appointee of the Attorney General on the Class Proceedings Committee of Ontario.He is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Advocates Society and was co-chair of its Civil Litigation Task Force.He serves on the executive council of the University of Toronto Law Alumni Association.
Mr. Morrison received his BA (cum laude) in 1972 from the University of Pennsylvania and his LLB from the University of Toronto in 1975.He was called to the Ontario and Alberta bars in 1977 and 1982 respectively.
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