Business Litigation

Sometimes even the most business-like negotiation fails and a lawsuit is required to resolve a commercial dispute. When that happens, Clark Wilson clients draw upon the considerable skills and wide-ranging experience of the firm's Business Litigation Group. Proactive claims handling and persuasive advocacy before the Court has resulted in a very impressive track record for this group whose members include some of the most senior and successful barristers in Western Canada.

Our Business Litigation Group has handled every variety of business dispute before administrative tribunals, arbitration panels and all levels of trial and appeal courts in British Columbia including:

• shareholder oppression and share valuation disputes
• directors & officers liability and breach of fiduciary duty claims
• patent, trademark and copyright infringement cases
• claims for breach of contract, fraud and conspiracy
• partnership, joint venture and franchise disputes
• wrongful dismissal and employment-related disputes
• construction and real estate litigation
• insolvency and collection litigation

Some of the organizations we've had the privilege of serving include the British Columbia Lottery Corporation, Shell Canada, the University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver International Airport and Wal-mart of Canada Inc.*

Recent assignments successfully handled by our group include:

• Arbitration of a multi-million dollar real estate joint venture dispute.
• Defence of a complicated civil conspiracy action against a pharmaceutical manufacturer alleging breach of the Competition Act.
• Acting for a national franchisor in the enforcement and termination of a regional franchise agreement.
• Defending a claim for breach of trust and price manipulation of VSE securities.
• Enforcement in B.C. of $5 million foreign judgment including fraudulent conveyance proceedings.

* Note: All clients have consented to being listed.