Samantha Ip is a partner of the firm and a member of the Construction & Procurement and Insurance practice groups.
She assists clients with all facets of construction and insurance related issues and claims and has experience in the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and Federal Court. She is frequently involved in the resolution of claims through alternative dispute resolution methods and appears as counsel before administrative tribunals.
Samantha is a regular speaker and presenter on construction and insurance topics at Buildex Vancouver, Canadian Construction Women, and the BC Insurance Institute. She is also editor for the Continuing Legal Education Annual Law Review for Construction.
She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1991 and her Bachelor of Laws degree in 1994, both from the University of British Columbia. In addition to English, Samantha speaks French, Cantonese and Mandarin.
Construction
Contract drafting and negotiations.
Assisting clients with Tender disputes, and delay, productivity and acceleration claims.
Managing deficiency claims, including technical subject matters such as refractory linings, feller bunchers and other heavy machinery, piping, glazing, tiling, cement applications, processed wood, and building envelope related deficiencies.
Assisting clients with surety bond negotiations and claims.
Assisting Partnerships BC and Government with disputes arising in public private partnership projects.
Managing claims during construction and lien claims.
Assisting parties in understanding their rights under RFQ and RFP process.
Professional negligence claims and condominium disputes.
Insurance
Providing opinions and representation to insurers and brokers on varied coverage issues, including competing insurance coverage, E&O coverage, and D&O coverage.
Drafting of policy wording and special endorsements for underwriters.
Assisting underwriters with preparation of terms and conditions for websites.
Defence of complex claims and technical subject matters, including refractory linings, feller bunchers and other heavy machinery, bridges, glazing, and building envelope related issues.
Representation of insureds on multi-party litigation product liability and construction claims.
Defence of bodily injury claims, including traumatic brain injury, fibromyalgia, quadriplegia and paraplegia and other permanent disability claims.
Defence of property damage claims including loss by fire and related perils.
Defence of first party fraud claims by insureds.
Representation of excess insurer on serious and catastrophic injury claims.
Representing out-or-province insurers and motorists in third-party and direct recourse claims.
Supervisor of warranty program recovery claims.
Commercial
Representing both established businesses and entrepreneurs in contract disputes.
Representing clients in complex PPSA priority disputes involving three international jurisdictions.
Representing public companies in shareholder disputes.
Experience in admiralty law and with the Canada Shipping Act, including the unique liability provisions.
Acting for construction parties in commercial disputes.
Representation of clients in Joint Venture Disputes.
Acted as co-counsel in a leading decision in British Columbia on the topic of shareholders' remedies at the Court of Appeal level.
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