Gordon C. Weatherill, Q.C.

Gordon practices primarily in the area of complex litigation, with a focus on commercial litigation, insurance recovery, construction and engineering litigation, products liability, and environmental litigation. His experience covers virtually every legal aspect of those fields.

He appeared as counsel in the Supreme Court of Canada, the British Columbia Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court of British Columbia and the Northwest Territories, Supreme Court of Nunavut, the Nunavut Court of Appeal, the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench and the B.C. Utilities Board. He has also acted as counsel in many significant arbitrations and mediations.

Recognition and Ranking

• Benchmark Canada: The Guide to Canada’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys 2012: recognized for litigation in British Columbia
• Best Lawyers in Canada: recognized for corporate and commercial litigation
• Martindale-Hubbell International Law Directory: BV Peer Review rated

Professional Activities

• Canadian Defence Lawyers Association, Member
• Defence Research Institute (DRI), Member
• Vancouver Bar Association, past Elected Member
• UBC Law Alumni Association, Board Member

Community Activities

• Dunbar Little League, Past President
• Arbutus Minor Hockey Association, Past Referee-in-Chief

Bar Admissions

• British Columbia (1981)
• Alberta (1984)
• Northwest Territories (1995)
• Nunavut (1999)

Education

• University of British Columbia (B.Sc., Computer Science, 1974)
• University of British Columbia (J.D., 1980)

Representative cases:

• Represented a large U.S. corporation in an action involving the use of software in the automobile manufacturing industry
• Represented an aviation company in a complex dispute involving a hangar at the Calgary International Airport
• Represented a large U.S. trucking and logistics company and its insurer in an action involving the theft of warehoused products
• Represented a mainland Chinese businessman in an action relating to reverse take-over bids of U.S. public companies
• Represented major oil companies in disputes surrounding the institution of cogeneration facilities in Alberta’s oil sands mine
• Represented one of the world’s largest mining companies in insurance recovery litigation relating to historical environmental contamination claims
• Routinely represents several of British Columbia’s largest forest products companies in various large, complex commercial litigation matters
• Represented a large oil company in the leading British Columbia case involving historical contamination of former gas station site
• Represented various Fortune 500 and Japanese product manufacturers in numerous large product liability claims
• Represents one of the world’s largest cement producers in all types of commercial matters
• Represented large real estate developers in action related to defective construction
• Represents large engineering firm in various matters relating to alleged professional liability
• Represents large diamond mining company in various matters involving mining and related activities
• Represented one of the world’s largest aluminum companies in a matter involving the failure of a high voltage transmission line in the Northwest Territories