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Mr. Tuytel is senior counsel with a practice focused on commercial litigation, including environmental and insurance-related claims and alternative dispute resolution. Mr. Tuytel has appeared before all levels of court as well as administrative decision-makers in British Columbia. He is winning counsel in two landmark Supreme Court of Canada decisions, regarding restrictive covenants in employment contracts: Shafron v. KRG Insurance, and overlapping insurance coverage: Family v. Lombard, as well as various cases in the BC Court of Appeal. Mr. Tuytel also acts as a mediator, and is a prolific author and speaker. |
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Bernard & Partners, 2009 |
Clark Wilson LLP, 1993 - 2009 |
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Member, Law Society of British Columbia, 1985 |
Member, Canadian Bar Association (Civil Litigation, Environmental, Insurance and ADR subsections) |
General Editor, Canadian Journal of Insurance Law |
Volunteer, Lawyers' Assistance Program |
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In addition to numerous shorter articles on commercial litigation, environmental and insurance-related topics, Mr. Tuytel has published the following major papers in the Canadian Journal of Insurance Law, Canadian Insurance Law Review and other leading publications: |
• Who's on the Risk (and for How Much?): Allocating and Apportioning Indemnity and Defence Costs Among Insurers in Canada (updated 2007)
• Insurance Coverage For Construction Deficiency Claims: Lessons From BC's Leaky Condo Wars (updated 2007)
• Environmental Liability and Insurance Coverage in British Columbia (updated 2006)
• Design Professionals' Errors and Omissions Coverage (updated 2004)
• Sexual Misconduct Claims and Insurance Coverage (1997)
• Relief From Forfeiture Under Insurance Policies (1995)
• When a Denial is Not a Denial: Waiver, Estoppel and Confirmation of Causes of Action Under Insurance Policies (updated 1995)
• Liability of Insurance Agents' and Brokers': The Continuing Legacy of Fine's Flowers (updated 1994)
• The Prospects for Asbestos and Other Toxic Tort Litigation in Canada (1990)
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Mr. Tuytel has presented on these and other topics at numerous seminars in Toronto, Calgary and Edmonton, as well as Vancouver, under the auspices of the Canadian Institute, the Pacific Business and Law Institute, Insight Education Services, the Canadian Risk and Insurance Managers Society, the BC and Northern Alberta Risk and Insurance Managers Associations, the Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, the Insurance Institutes of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario, the Insurance Brokers' Association of BC, and the Credit Union Insurance Services Association. |
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University of British Columbia, LLB, 1984 |
Called to British Columbia Bar, 1985 |
Accredited as a Mediator (by Continuing Legal Education Society of BC), 1994 |
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